Brushmill Limited

Brushmill Limited is a grant-making charitable company established in 1981 and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (number 285420), dedicated to advancing charitable purposes under English law, both in the UK and abroad. Its mission centers on preventing or relieving poverty, supporting religious activities, and broader general charitable aims, with a focus on vulnerable groups including children and young people, the elderly, people of particular ethnic or racial origins, and other charities or voluntary bodies. Governed by trustees Mr C Getter (Chair), Mrs E Weinberger, and Mr J Weinberger, it emphasizes community welfare and addressing disadvantage through a stable, low-profile operation, with annual expenditures of £230,000–£315,000 and no trading subsidiaries or trustee remuneration.

As a generalist funder, Brushmill supports a wide array of causes without published thematic priorities, specific programs, or impact strategies, encompassing poverty relief, religious efforts, and aid for marginalized communities across England and Wales—its primary operational focus, despite allowances for overseas work. It backs projects benefiting people and communities but provides no examples of past grantees, grant lists, or preferred interventions like health, education, or arts.

Eligibility is not strictly defined beyond alignment with its charitable objects; it targets UK-based entities in England and Wales with no specified income thresholds, organization sizes, or entity types. Crucially, it does not accept unsolicited applications—grants go only to trustee-identified organizations, with no public guidelines, forms, deadlines, or decision timelines disclosed. Lacking transparency on grant sizes, types (e.g., project, core, capital), or exclusions beyond legal bounds, its distinctive stability and broad remit set it apart in a landscape of more strategic funders, rewarding charities with pre-existing trustee connections over open competition.