The Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scunthorpe. It was registered in December 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 November 2025, The Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £52k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £52k to £60k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 1184%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutl Cazenove Charity Non-Ucits Fund (£60k), Curry on the Street (£60k) and Miss Muriel Liddiatt Charitable Trust (£60k).