The Brilliant Club

Analysis

The Brilliant Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07986971). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Brilliant Club reported income of £5.6m and spending of £5.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £8.3m to £5.6m (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Brilliant Club sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moreshet Hatorah Ltd (£5.6m), Reading University Students' Union (£5.6m) and New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 365 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.