The Brookes Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Brookes Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Brookes Memorial Fund reported income of £29k and spending of £30k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £203k to £29k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Brookes Memorial Fund sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newby and Scalby Library and Information Centre (£29k), Broomhill Junior School Fund (£29k) and Cornwall Bus Preservation Society (£29k).