Brace

Analysis

Brace is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brace reported income of £644k and spending of £1.4m, spending 221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £415k to £644k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brace sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lifebox Foundation (£644k), Al-Hasanaat Foundation (£645k) and The James Cook University Hospital Voluntary Services Council (£644k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, investments 14% and trading 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £85k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £933k. Reserves of £616k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.