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THE BREWERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1059811 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. General charitable purposes including donations to charities. 2. The advancement of education of benefit to the public or a section of the public, especially in the science of brewing, fermentation and distillation.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£203k
Latest spending
£189k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £17,939, which is below the previous year's balance of £22,629. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income
“Investment income - 169,527 - 169,527 159,389” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: The charity is charged for administration costs by the Brewers’ Company, which is the Trustee of the charity, in respect of the management of the permanent endowment and grant making in accordance with the terms of the Deed relating to the Establishment of the BREF dated 9 October 2014. Included in other management fees charged in 2025 was £28,791 (2024: £26,940).
“The charity is charged for administration costs by the Brewers’ Company, which is the Trustee of the charity, in respect of the management of the permanent endowment and grant making in accordance with the terms of the Deed relating to the Establishment of the BREF dated 9 October 2014. Included in other management fees charged in 2025 was £28,791 (2024: £26,940).” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£203k£189k
31/12/2024£199k£252k
31/12/2023£189k£164k
31/12/2022£173k£158k
31/12/2021£169k£161k

Common questions

Is THE BREWERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £17,939, which is below the previous year's balance of £22,629. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BREWERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BREWERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BREWERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST£203k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES FY2024£303k—0within—no doubt
M O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£146k—0within—no doubt
THE BREWERS FOUNDATION FY2025£232k—0below—no doubt
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BREWERS AND DISTILLERS FY2025£2.8m——above—no doubt
THE BAKER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£78k—0above—no doubt

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