The Brewery Arts Centre Endowment Trust

Analysis

The Brewery Arts Centre Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Brewery Arts Centre Endowment Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £156k, spending 297% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £41k to £53k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 265% 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 Brewery Arts Centre Endowment Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include English Baroque Choir (£53k), Green Park Rural Centre (£53k) and The H.o.m.e. at School Association Limited (£53k).

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.