BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST
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Cash
£898k
+48.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£11m
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
8
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | £3,347,000 | £4,359,000 | +30.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £778,000 | -£112,000 | £388,000 | +446.4% | |
| Cash | £1,107,000 | £605,000 | £898,000 | +48.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,885,000 | £12,783,000 | £13,279,000 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £10,771,000 | £10,659,000 | £11,047,000 | +3.6% | |
| Equity | £10,771,000 | £10,659,000 | £11,047,000 | +3.6% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | 8 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £377,000 | £375,000 | £382,000 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | -3.3% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.9% | 33.7% | 33.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.71x | 0.77x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties which would cast doubt on the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST · parent
- Brain Research UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, we awarded grants of £2,402,000 (2024/25: £1,693,000) to institutions throughout the UK. We awarded six new project grants, totaling £1,389,000 in two of our priority areas, brain tumours (four projects) and brain and spinal cord injury (two projects).”
- “We awarded endowment funding of £600,000 from the Graeme Watts Endowment Fund towards research developing a novel approach to restoring lost muscle function in ALS/MND patients.”
- “We awarded endowment funding of £408,000 from the Sobell Endowment Fund to support the post of Sobell Chair of Neuroscience.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLLAN, John Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2011-12-15 | Apr 1955 | British |
| JASSAL, Vijay Kumar | Director | 2023-03-02 | Jul 1985 | British |
| KROPMAN, Jonathan Ronald | Director | 2011-12-15 | Sep 1957 | British |
| REGAN, Aoife Grainne, Dr | Director | 2019-12-12 | Oct 1974 | Irish |
| STORRS, Jeremy | Director | 2019-09-12 | Apr 1968 | British |
| TALBOT, Kevin, Professor | Director | 2022-12-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| WARDLAW, Joanna Marguerite, Professor | Director | 2022-03-03 | Nov 1958 | British |
| WRIGHT, Paul Vernon | Director | 2019-09-12 | Jul 1954 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONAVERO, Yves Jean Marc | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2011-12-15 |
| COLE, Andrew James | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2018-02-16 |
| COLES, Charles Graham | Director | 2014-04-28 | 2017-04-10 |
| COMPSTON, Alistair David Standiih, Prof | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2012-12-13 |
| GARSTON, Michael Eric | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2012-12-13 |
| GEESON, Kevin Leonard | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2016-10-10 |
| GRIFFITHS, Charmaine Helen, Dr | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| HEATON, Frances Anne | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2011-12-15 |
| HINDAL, Elaine | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-05-22 |
| JACK, James Julian Bennett, Prof | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2013-12-12 |
| MARGETTS, Robert John, Sir | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2013-12-12 |
| MEHEW, Anthony John | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2012-12-13 |
| MOGULL, Kerstin Elisabet | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-12-11 |
| PAYNE, Neil Lewin | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2013-12-12 |
| PICKARD, John Douglas, Professor | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2022-09-08 |
| SHIRE, Sally Christabel | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2018-03-31 |
| TURNBULL, Douglas Matthew, Professor Sir | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2022-09-08 |
| VINCENT, Angela, Prof | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2013-12-12 |
| WILSON, Allister Ian, Dr | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2021-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name | |
| 2022-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.