Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour

Analysis

Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in August 1986, 40 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 01864134). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour reported income of £428k and spending of £413k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £174k to £428k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Chapters (£428k), Lord Brock Trust (£428k) and Zambesi Mission (£428k).