The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement reported income of £130k and spending of £29k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £110k to £130k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 240% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lauffer Family Charitable Trust (£130k), The CPF Trust (£130k) and Barings Targeted Return Fund (£129k).