The McNally Brownson Foundation

Analysis

The McNally Brownson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The McNally Brownson Foundation reported income of £39k and spending of £53k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £39k (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 415%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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 McNally Brownson Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harley Village Mission Rooms Trust (£39k), The Rifles Officers' Fund (£39k) and Support for Survivors (£39k).

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.