The Marcia and Andrew Brown Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Marcia and Andrew Brown Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Marcia and Andrew Brown Charitable Trust reported income of £301k and spending of £367k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £400k to £301k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 363%. Over the whole period it spent 32% 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 Marcia and Andrew Brown Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation (£301k), The Gateway (Warrington) Ltd (£302k) and The Vine Centre (£300k).