Brain Tumour Research

Analysis

Brain Tumour Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08570737). It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Brain Tumour Research reported income of £8.7m and spending of £8.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5.3m to £8.7m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brain Tumour Research sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Luke's Cheshire Hospice (£8.7m), Wirral Hospice St John's (£8.7m) and Prospect Hospice Limited (£8.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, trading 8.5% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £498k. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.7m. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 63 people.