Frank Brake Charitable Trust

Analysis

Frank Brake Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in June 1993, 33 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, Frank Brake Charitable Trust reported income of £823k and spending of £1.5m, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £196k to £823k (+320%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 186% 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, Frank Brake Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 22 North Foundation (£813k), Adapt Charity (£833k) and Man Group PLC Charitable Trust (£809k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £224k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.

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.