Brainbox

Analysis

Brainbox is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brainbox reported income of £116k and spending of £106k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £89k to £116k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brainbox sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whipps Cross University Hospital Medical Education and Research Trust (£116k), Mrs R P Tindall's Charitable Trust (£116k) and Roundwood Bowls Club (£116k).