The Brun Bear Foundation

Analysis

The Brun Bear Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Brun Bear Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £9,525, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £4,073 to £15k (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Brun Bear Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (£15k), Helping Hands for Under Privileged (£15k) and Treacher Collins Family Support Group (£15k).