The Brendish Family Foundation

Analysis

The Brendish Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in January 2000, 26 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 April 2025, The Brendish Family Foundation reported income of £64k and spending of £13k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £43k to £64k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1470%. Over the whole period it spent 35% 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, The Brendish Family Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The C L Loyd Charitable Trust (£64k), Guiding Light Foundation (£65k) and The LHR Charitable Foundation (£64k).