Browne Jacobson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Browne Jacobson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in September 2004, 22 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 March 2025, Browne Jacobson Charitable Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £65k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36k to £64k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Browne Jacobson Charitable Trust 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 Greys Charitable Trust (£64k), Reverend C W Groves Almshouses (£64k) and Chiddingfold Village Hall Charity (£63k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.