The Brownlee Foundation

Analysis

The Brownlee Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Brownlee Foundation reported income of £362k and spending of £283k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £81k to £362k (+345%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Brownlee Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beis Yoel (£362k), Yorkshire Community and Leisure Complex Limited (£363k) and Hutton Football Club (£361k).