THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1153950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charitable donations for education and to other charities in support of health, education and poverty

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£113k

Latest spending

£164k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £3,783,841 to £3,424,455 due to a net expenditure of £359,386, driven largely by a £308,114 loss on investment assets. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to fund future contributions to support trust objectives and to cover management, administration and support costs (held: £3.4m)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity. This provides sufficient funds to fund future contributions to support trust objectives and to cover management, administration and support costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

JANE DAWSON
James William Brentnall
ROGER FRANCIS LANDER · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£113k	£164k
31/03/2024	£140k	£182k
31/03/2023	£142k	£101k
31/03/2022	£105k	£130k
31/03/2021	£79k	£82k

Common questions

Is THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £3,783,841 to £3,424,455 due to a net expenditure of £359,386, driven largely by a £308,114 loss on investment assets. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.

Charities like this

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

THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £224k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED income £3.3m
SELLATA LIMITED income £158k
The A and J Charitable Trust income £590k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST income £212k
DOLLOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£224k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025	£3.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SELLATA LIMITED FY2026	£158k	—	above	—	no doubt
The A and J Charitable Trust FY2025	£590k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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