The Broad Cairn Foundation

Analysis

The Broad Cairn Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Broad Cairn Foundation reported income of £59k and spending of £31k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £59k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Broad Cairn Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust (£59k), The Tellus Mater Foundation Limited (£59k) and Marine Research and Conservation Foundation (£59k).