The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation

Analysis

The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05333422). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.7m, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £820k to £1.0m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grassroot Soccer (UK) (£1.0m), Tendring Mental Health Support (£1.0m) and Radha Madhav Society (UK) (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.7m. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate.