Joint Neurosciences Council

Analysis

Joint Neurosciences Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10316279). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Joint Neurosciences Council reported income of £43k and spending of £46k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £79k to £43k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Joint Neurosciences Council sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Redhill Redstone Trust Fund (£43k), Wigan Ms Therapy Centre Ltd (£43k) and European Venous Foundation (£42k).

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.