The David Brooke Charity

Analysis

The David Brooke Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 April 2025, The David Brooke Charity reported income of £86k and spending of £109k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £87k to £86k (-1.7%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The David Brooke Charity sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dental Mavericks (£86k), Friends of Halesworth Community Health and Care (£86k) and The League of Friends of the Southampton Eye Unit (£86k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.