The Brook Trust

Analysis

The Brook Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cranbrook. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Brook Trust reported income of £739k and spending of £1.1m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £87k to £739k (+746%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 894%. Over the whole period it spent 287% 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 Brook Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wyeside Arts Centre Limited (£739k), Asian Arts Agency (£740k) and Army Air Corps Charity (£739k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91% and investments 9.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 26 months of spending at that rate.

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.