Brookvale

Analysis

Brookvale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 1963, 63 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 provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brookvale reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.6m to £4.0m (+11%), an average of +2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brookvale sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bloomsbury Football Foundation (£4.0m), The Onside Foundation (£4.0m) and The Syncona Foundation (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and investments 9.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 63 people.

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.