The Brownlee Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Brownlee Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodbridge. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2025, The Brownlee Charitable Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £175k, spending 1019% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £31k to £17k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 512%. Over the whole period it spent 602% of the income it received.
Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Brownlee Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% 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 Rotary Club of Blandford Benevolent Fund (£17k), Calvary Victory Church (£17k) and Rotary Club of Lowestoft East Point Charity Trust Fund (£17k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Charity is a grant-making charity. It distributes grants from capital and income for charitable works, mainly Evangelical non-ecumenical Churches and charitable activities undertaken by Evangelical Christian bodies and charitable agencies for the support of the elderly and terminally ill. As the charity is winding down, it is unable to accept any future applications.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Rotary Club of Blandford Benevolent Fund | Dorset | £17k |
| Calvary Victory Church | Canterbury | £17k |
| Rotary Club of Lowestoft East Point Charity Trust Fund | Suffolk | £17k |
| Shree Sarvodaya Samaj (U.k.) | Leicester | £18k |