Brentwood Assize House

Analysis

Brentwood Assize House is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentwood. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brentwood Assize House reported income of £15k and spending of £12k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,000 to £15k (+1400%), an average of +97% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 386%. Over the whole period it spent 302% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Brentwood Assize House sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% 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 The Friends of St Lawrence Church Bradfield (£15k), St Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust (£15k) and Wetherby in Bloom (£15k).