Brass Tacks Limited

Analysis

Brass Tacks Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Perth. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02216281). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brass Tacks Limited reported income of £143k and spending of £173k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £89k to £143k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Brass Tacks Limited sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Devon Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England CIO (£143k), Thatcham Parochial Almshouse Charity (£144k) and The Abbeyfield (Ripon and District) Society Ltd (£142k).