Brake

Analysis

Brake is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03260243). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brake reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £3.0m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Brake sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd (£3.0m), St Joseph's School, Launceston (£3.0m) and Age UK Wakefield District (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £710k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.