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

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING GRANTS ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OR TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING SUCH RELIEF OR SERVICES.2) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF MEDICAL AID TO SUCH PERSONS.3) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · 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

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

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • 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: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

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
HAEMOCHROMATOSIS UK1£250

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARTLETT TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£96k—0above—no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£157k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CORNWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt

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