M Cannon-Brookes Charitable Settlement

Analysis

M Cannon-Brookes Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, M Cannon-Brookes Charitable Settlement reported income of £17k and spending of £18k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £17k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, M Cannon-Brookes Charitable Settlement 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 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lady Grace James Memorial Fund (£17k), Spencer Grants Limited (£17k) and Ninetyfold Foundation (£17k).