The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in July 2011, 15 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £443k to £1.3m (+190%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 143% 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 Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charity Service Limited (£1.3m), Age UK Canterbury (£1.3m) and The Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 3.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 41 months of spending at that rate.