The Broomton Foundation

Analysis

The Broomton Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in August 2008, 18 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 April 2025, The Broomton Foundation reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.3m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £3.0m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 414%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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 Broomton Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Age Concern East Sussex (£3.0m), Nineteen Eighty Nine Charitable Trust (£3.0m) and Voluntary Action - Leeds (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76% and investments 24%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.3m. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate.