BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1059668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRACKEN TRUST

A day centre offering support for people affected by cancer and other long-term illnesses (mainly MS). Main area served is Powys and Mid Wales

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Latest income
£250k
Latest spending
£360k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £110,552 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £845,432 to £734,880. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £111,906 are below the stated policy target of six months of budgeted expenditure (£150,000). The charity acknowledges a reliance on grant funding and notes that it is balancing its books while delivering services.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: One trustee received £10,420 for covering manager duties.
One trustee invoiced the Charity £10,420 for covering manager duties in the year. No other remuneration was paid or payable in the year directly or indirectly out of the funds of the Charity to any Trustee or to any person or persons known to be connected with any of them. — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A trustee invoiced the charity for manager duties.
One trustee invoiced the Charity £10,420 for covering manager duties in the year. No other remuneration was paid or payable in the year directly or indirectly out of the funds of the Charity to any Trustee or to any person or persons known to be connected with any of them. — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bracken Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £157k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£250k£360k
31/03/2024£371k£346k
31/03/2023£398k£352k
31/03/2022£269k£323k
31/03/2021£306k£244k

Common questions

Is BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £110,552 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £845,432 to £734,880. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £111,906 are below the stated policy target of six months of budgeted expenditure (£150,000). The charity acknowledges a reliance on grant funding and notes that it is balancing its books while delivering services. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2024£416k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2019£510kWell Being & Community Support Services
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2010£5kSupport Therapies

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED£250k0unclearno doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024£502k0aboveno doubt
THE BRIGITTE TRUST FY2025£335k0unclearnoted
LADY MCADDEN BREAST CANCER TRUST FY2025£299k0belownoted
THE BIG C APPEAL LIMITED FY2025£3.2m£130,001 - £140,000unclearno doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MENACHEM FY2025£152k0unclearno doubt

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