🧮 Tribe of Windows · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham

Brain Up Abacus

Abacus Mental Maths — answer arithmetic questions in seconds

A family business. A dad and his two boys, handing out flyers at a service station because they believe in what they've built.

How we met

Chris was at a service station when a dad and his two sons — nine and thirteen — came over handing out flyers for the family business. Not shy about it either. Properly hyping it up, the way kids do when they're genuinely proud of something their dad built.

That's the whole pitch, really. No marketing budget, no agency, no funnel. Just a family standing in a car park telling strangers about mental maths, because they've seen it work and they want other kids to have it too.

Two lads, handing out flyers for their old man's business, buzzing about it. That's not a sales tactic. That's pride. World domination through kindness starts exactly like that — one car park, one honest pitch, one family backing each other.

— Chris P Tee, on meeting them

What Brain Up Abacus actually teaches

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Right-brain development

Kids manipulate a virtual abacus with one hand while visualising it with the other — both hemispheres working the same problem at once.

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Mental maths speed

No calculator, no working-out on paper. Multi-digit sums answered in seconds, entirely in the head.

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Memory & concentration

Holding a running total in your head, under time pressure, builds focus that carries into every other subject.

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Tenacity, confidence & fun

Small group settings, individual attention, and a method built so kids actually enjoy getting better at it.

The credentials, plainly

  • ✓ Small group settings with individual attention for every child
  • ✓ Individualised online learning accounts to track progress
  • ✓ Qualified, well-trained tutors
  • ✓ Member of the Abacus Committee, Taiwan Chamber of Commerce
  • ✓ Official organiser for the International Abacus Exam
  • ✓ Ages 5 to 13, all abilities welcome

Try Flash Maths — five real questions from their flyer

These are the actual questions Brain Up Abacus put on their flyer. See how fast you can answer them in your head — no calculator. Test your speed against an abacus-trained kid's.

5 questions. Type your answer, hit Enter or Check.

Book a free trial lesson

Every new family gets a free trial lesson — no obligation, just come and see how it works.

Venue Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B73 5PT
Phone 07366 283328
Email birmingham@brainup.uk
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Part of the Tribe of Windows

The Tribe of Windows are the people who were never famous, never needed to be. A dad and his two boys, handing out flyers in a service station car park, opened a window onto something worth backing.

They're not asking for much — just a free trial lesson and the chance to show your kid what their maths could look like.

That's all FeelFamous is. Someone building something honest, and a stranger willing to give it a boost.

This page exists because someone noticed. Know someone like this too? Be an Angel →

— Chris P Tee  ·  Met at a service station  ·  2026  ·  brainup.uk