KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND

Registered charity 1194756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KBMF

General charitable purposes

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

Latest income

£244k

Latest spending

£404k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,364,540 at the year end, a decrease from the previous year's £11,781,420 due to a net loss on investment revaluations and grant expenditures. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity generated £243,904 in investment income but incurred £404,396 in total expenditure, resulting in a net decrease in funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by WBV Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

JUDITH SUSAN PORTRAIT OBE
PHILIP LLEWELLYN HUNKIN · trustee of 3 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
05/04/2025	£244k	£404k
05/04/2024	£406k	£361k
05/04/2023	£196k	£190k
05/04/2022	£22k	£116k

Common questions

Is KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,364,540 at the year end, a decrease from the previous year's £11,781,420 due to a net loss on investment revaluations and grant expenditures. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity generated £243,904 in investment income but incurred £404,396 in total expenditure, resulting in a net decrease in funds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WBV Limited.

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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE SINCLAIR CHARITY income £654k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST income £212k
J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST income £133k
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED income £725k
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION income £120k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND	£244k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SINCLAIR CHARITY FY2024	£654k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED FY2024	£725k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION FY2026	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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