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THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1111587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide grants to promote and advance education, medical research, healthcare community care, arts and culture and such other exclusively charitable causes in such places wherever in the world as the trustees may in their discretion determine.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £689,046 against income of £1,026,803, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,816,183 to £1,127,137. The trustees report that the remaining reserves are sufficient to meet all known or anticipated commitments and are held to sustain current grant-making levels. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income)
“Donations and legacies 1,000,000” — page 22
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient cash to sustain the current level of grant making to beneficiaries and to meet all liabilities that are known or can be reasonably anticipated (held: £1.1m)
“The trustees’ policy is to hold sufficient cash to sustain the current level of grant making to beneficiaries and to meet all liabilities that are known or can be reasonably anticipated.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Trustee
“During the year £1,000,000 (2025: £1,250,000) was donated to the charity by Rory Brooks, a Trustee of the charity.” — page 25
“During the year a grant of £40,000 (2025: £40,000) was made to Into University, of which Rory Brooks is a trustee.” — page 25
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Trustee-connected charity (IntoUniversity)
“During the year £1,000,000 (2025: £1,250,000) was donated to the charity by Rory Brooks, a Trustee of the charity.” — page 25
“During the year a grant of £40,000 (2025: £40,000) was made to Into University, of which Rory Brooks is a trustee.” — page 25
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Clements Jones. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation (Rainbow Gowns) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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
31/01/2026£1.0m£1.7m
31/01/2025£1.3m£1.7m
31/01/2024£1.0m£457k
31/01/2023£1.1m£334k
31/01/2022£820k£230k

Common questions

Is THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £689,046 against income of £1,026,803, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,816,183 to £1,127,137. The trustees report that the remaining reserves are sufficient to meet all known or anticipated commitments and are held to sustain current grant-making levels. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Clements Jones.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BROOK TRUST FY2025£739k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BROYST FOUNDATION FY2024£117k—0above—no doubt
Rothesay Foundation FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
BROOME FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£900k—0unclear—no doubt
C A ROOKES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£197k—0unclear—no doubt

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