Friends of Brownlow

Analysis

Friends of Brownlow is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Friends of Brownlow reported income of £11k and spending of £9,698, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £13k to £11k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 55% 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, Friends of Brownlow sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riding Mill Drama Club (£11k), Golden Toad Theatre Company (£11k) and Rose Theatre Trust (£11k).