WM Brooke Benevolent Fund

Analysis

WM Brooke Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, WM Brooke Benevolent Fund reported income of £242k and spending of £188k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £113k to £242k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, WM Brooke Benevolent Fund sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 Caring and Sharing -Rochdale (£241k), The Mount Moriah Trust (£242k) and Noah's Ark Christian Pre-School (Buckhurst Hill) (£241k).