Bill Brown's Charitable Settlement of 1989

Analysis

Bill Brown's Charitable Settlement of 1989 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bill Brown's Charitable Settlement of 1989 reported income of £623k and spending of £380k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £495k to £623k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bill Brown's Charitable Settlement of 1989 sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Kent Mind (£623k), Hambleton Community Action (£624k) and At a Loss.org (£623k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 28% of spending and raising funds 57%. Grants to other organisations totalled £56k. Reserves of £12.3m would cover about 328 months of spending at that rate.