The Brenley Trust

Analysis

The Brenley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leatherhead. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Brenley Trust reported income of £545k and spending of £438k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £76k to £545k (+613%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 9920%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Brenley Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Black Swimming Association (The BSA) (£544k), Gateway Church Swindon (£545k) and Growing Hope (£544k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 73%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £12.7m would cover about 349 months of spending at that rate.