THE BROOKSIDE TRUST

Registered charity 1201145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q141191065

Christian religious activities to other Christian Charities by making grants to these Christian organisations.

Objects

2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS TO:2.1.1 ADVANCE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND LEARNING;2.1.2 PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND VALUES;2.1.3 PROVIDE SUPPORT AND CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED IN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH AND IN MISSIONARY AND RELIEF WORK OVERSEAS.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £46,664 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by a substantial donation of £28,835,266. Unrestricted reserves stood at £48,093, while significant expendable endowment funds of £26,931,414 were held to support future grant-making activities. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to meet current commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Burton Sweet Limited. Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Boothchair
• Dr Rebecca Eyles
• Graham Ronald Keene
• Nigel Ian White
• Peter Alexander Jack
• Rev Edward John Gerald Keene · trustee of 6 other charities
• SIMON BENNETT · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

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

• THE BROOK TRUST income £739k
• THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST income £883k
• BIBLE AND GOSPEL TRUST income £8.9m
• THE BROCKLEBANK CHARITABLE TRUST income £23k
• BLACKBURN U.K. TRUST income £4.5m
• BROADSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £170k

Side by side with its peers

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