The Brunswick Town Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Brunswick Town Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Brunswick Town Charitable Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £81k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £141k to £78k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Brunswick Town Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Worthing Community Association (£78k), Barrel Organ (£78k) and Axe Vale Festival Limited (£78k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.