BRASS TACKS LIMITED

Registered charity 298767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRASS TACKS · also registered in Scotland as SC052170 (OSCR)

Provision of practical and financial assistance to Christian projects throughout the world.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £303,049 are held, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover nearly two years of expenditure against a policy target of the lower of £175,000 or twelve months of costs. The document notes that these reserves are exaggerated by large exceptional donations received during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the lower of £175,000 or twelve months of costs (held: £303k)
The charity aims to always hold a minimum of the lower of £175,000 or twelve months of costs — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Angola · Brent · Congo (Democratic Republic) · France · India · Ireland · Islington · Jordan · Spain · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£143k£173k
31/03/2024£170k£168k
31/03/2023£215k£154k
31/03/2022£162k£120k
31/03/2021£89k£91k

Common questions

Is BRASS TACKS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £303,049 are held, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover nearly two years of expenditure against a policy target of the lower of £175,000 or twelve months of costs. The document notes that these reserves are exaggerated by large exceptional donations received during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRASS TACKS LIMITED£143k0aboveno doubt
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025£2.6m£60,001 - £70,000aboveno doubt
GURUNANAK FY2025£1.4m0unclearno doubt
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND FY2025£244k0unclearno doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025£141k£30,001 - £40,0000aboveno doubt
THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE FY2024£4.3munclearno doubt

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