Broom Foundation

Analysis

Broom Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Broom Foundation reported income of £4.6m and spending of £5.0m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3.5m to £4.6m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Broom Foundation 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity for St Joseph's Missionary Society (Generalate) (£4.5m), The Wimbledon Foundation (£4.6m) and Jesus House for All Nations (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.9m. Reserves of £626k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.