Brainstorm (The Oxford Brain Tumour Research Foundation) CIO

Analysis

Brainstorm (The Oxford Brain Tumour Research Foundation) CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in May 2018, 8 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Brainstorm (The Oxford Brain Tumour Research Foundation) CIO reported income of £51k and spending of £6,228, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £26k to £51k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brainstorm (The Oxford Brain Tumour Research Foundation) CIO sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Garden House (Marple) Charity (£51k), Sexually Transmitted Infection Research Foundation (Stirf) (£51k) and The Duchenne Family Support Group (£51k).