Briess Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

Briess Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Briess Family Charitable Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £101k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £5,172 to £64k (+1143%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 1778%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Briess Family Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bereft (£64k), East Reading Horticultural Therapy and Community Based Training Limited (£64k) and Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support (£64k).