de Brito Trust
Analysis
de Brito Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in September 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 company (Companies House number 06668015). It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2026, de Brito Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £193k, spending 256% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £80k to £75k (-6.4%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 142% 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, de Brito Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rowney Trust (£75k), The Emperor Foundation (£75k) and Ivy Mary Macfie Deceased Charitable Fund (£75k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The objects for which the charity is established are such purposes as shall be exclusively charitable and for the public benefit as the Trustees in their discretion from time to time think fit.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Rowney Trust | Milton Keynes | £75k |
| The Emperor Foundation | London | £75k |
| Ivy Mary Macfie Deceased Charitable Fund | Ely | £75k |
| The Christopher Centre | Suffolk | £76k |