The Brecknock Art Trust

Analysis

The Brecknock Art Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crickhowell. It was registered in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Brecknock Art Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £46k, spending 286% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,705 to £16k (+845%), an average of +75% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36819%. Over the whole period it spent 35% 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 Brecknock Art Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arms & Armour Society (£16k), The Headington Singers (£16k) and Sandbach Concert Series (£16k).

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.