BROWNE JACOBSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1106093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROWNE JACOBSON SOLICITORS

The Trustees shall apply the income for such charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion see fit.

Objects

TO APPLY ITS INCOME (OR SUCH PART OF IT AS SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN PAID OR APPLIED UNDER THE POWERS CONTAINED IN THIS CLAUSE) IN PERPETUITY FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

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Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£64k
Latest spending
£65k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £78.00 at the end of the financial year, a significant decrease from the previous year's £1,205.42. The trustees' report indicates a policy to distribute all surplus income, resulting in minimal retained funds. The charity reported no employees and no investments during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Trustees aim to distribute all the surplus income arising in pursuance of the Charity's objects.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 23/02/2026, 23 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 30/04/2023 (received 21/05/2024, 82 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 14/03/2023, 14 days after the 28/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Staffordshire County CouncilSolicitors for the conveyancing for purchase of Francis House12/06/2025£60k

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Cardiff · Devon · Manchester City · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£64k£65k
30/04/2024£53k£57k
30/04/2023£65k£71k
30/04/2022£35k£38k
30/04/2021£36k£33k

Common questions

Is BROWNE JACOBSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £78.00 at the end of the financial year, a significant decrease from the previous year's £1,205.42. The trustees' report indicates a policy to distribute all surplus income, resulting in minimal retained funds. The charity reported no employees and no investments during the period.

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 HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY1£29k
SUICIDE & CO1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BROWNE JACOBSON CHARITABLE TRUST£64k—0below—no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
THE M J SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£228k—0above—no doubt
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£259k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION FY2025£582k—0unclear—no doubt
BDO CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt

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