The de Brye Charitable Trust

Analysis

The de Brye Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The de Brye Charitable Trust reported income of £122k and spending of £132k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £96k to £122k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 de Brye Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In Tune for Life (£122k), The Swan Project (£122k) and The James Brindley Foundation Ltd (£122k).

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.