Brown University Charitable Trust

Analysis

Brown University Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brown University Charitable Trust reported income of £7.5m and spending of £7.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £7.5m (+338%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Brown University Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Hugh's School (Carswell) Trust Limited (£7.5m), St Nicholas School (Harlow) Limited (£7.6m) and Cumnor House School Trust (£7.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £7.5m. Reserves of £10k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.