The Brewers Foundation

Analysis

The Brewers Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Brewers Foundation reported income of £232k and spending of £271k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £400k to £232k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 48% 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 Brewers Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Charities (£232k), Barnsbury Charitable Trust (£232k) and The Kristina Martin Charitable Trust (£231k).