THE BROWNSWORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1012615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Predominantly focused on the Bath areaChildren and Young PeopleThe ArtsThe ElderlyCommunity and Neighbourhood workPhysical and Learning DisabilitiesEducational projectsMedical Projects

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£408k

Latest spending

£219k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total free reserves of £597,456, with a policy to retain reserves in cash. The trustees report that major new grants are anticipated to be restricted due to the depletion of available funds, although the charity maintains significant expendable endowment reserves of £3,760,157.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain reserves in cash (held: £597k)

“The policy of Trustees is to retain reserves In cash.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW DOUGLAS BROWNSWORDchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Alessandra Brownsword-Matthews · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Nicole Lyn Howse · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£408k	£219k
31/12/2023	£351k	£165k
31/12/2022	£312k	£164k
31/12/2021	£235k	£304k
31/12/2020	£251k	£505k

Common questions

Is THE BROWNSWORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total free reserves of £597,456, with a policy to retain reserves in cash. The trustees report that major new grants are anticipated to be restricted due to the depletion of available funds, although the charity maintains significant expendable endowment reserves of £3,760,157. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
UNSEEN (UK)	1	£68k
THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUST	1	£35k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
The Keith Howard Foundation	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BROWNLEE FOUNDATION.

THE BROWNLEE FOUNDATION income £296k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989 income £623k
THE BROWN SOURCE TRUST income £120k
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
T.H.RUSSELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £235k
THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST income £271k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BROWNSWORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£408k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BROWNLEE FOUNDATION FY2024	£296k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989 FY2025	£623k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BROWN SOURCE TRUST FY2025	£120k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
T.H.RUSSELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£235k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.