THE BRILLIANT CLUB
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from under-represented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We do this by mobilising the PhD community to share its academic expertise with state schools.
Latest income
£5.6m
Expenditure
£5.9m
Financial year end
2025-07-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | £8.3m | £7.2m | |
| 2022-07-31 | £7.5m | £6.4m | |
| 2023-07-31 | £6.4m | £6.7m | |
| 2024-07-31 | £5.7m | £6.3m | |
| 2025-07-31 | £5.6m | £5.9m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-07-31
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £1.1m |
| Charitable activities | £4.4m |
| Trading | £32k |
| Investment income | £46k |
| Total income | £5.6m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £5.5m |
| Raising funds | £377k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £74k |
| Total expenditure | £5.9m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £1.4m |
| Total funds | £1.9m |
| — restricted | £220k |
| — unrestricted | £1.7m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £1.9m |
| Cash | £1.8m |
People
| Employees | 365 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
Who it helps
- Children/young People
How it works
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.