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.

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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

The Master and Keepers or Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery or Art of Brewers in the City of London · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Academie du Vin Foundation	1	£32k

Charities like this

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

THE BREWERS FOUNDATION income £334k
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY income £539k
THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES GENERAL CHARITY LIMITED income £241k
WINE AND SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST income £22.7m
THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST OF THE COMPANY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS income £156k
ST AUSTELL BREWERY CHARITABLE TRUST income £96k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BREWERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	£203k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BREWERS FOUNDATION FY2025	£334k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY FY2025	£539k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES GENERAL CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£241k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WINE AND SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST OF THE COMPANY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS FY2025	£156k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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