01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 27 September 1990
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 02372740
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £1,739,774
- Latest expenditure
- £1,174,563
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Unit 4, Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, LONDON, N7 9AH
Website recorded by the regulator: www.brittrust.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Founded by the recorded music industry in 1989, The BRIT Trust works to promote diversity and inclusion in the UK by empowering people of all backgrounds through music and the creative arts. The BRIT Trust makes donations to support education and wellbeing activities that inspire people to realise their full potential and life chances, whatever their abilities, ethnicity, gender and sexuality.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,739,774
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,174,563
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,537,466
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,312,540
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,819,594
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,037,602
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,118,074
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,150,993
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £414,201
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,144,109
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,739,774
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,174,563
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,537,466
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,312,540
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,819,594
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,037,602
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,118,074
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,150,993
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 24 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £414,201
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,144,109
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1171914
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 567860
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1739774
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £50,802
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,123,761
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1174563
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 46802
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1095000
- Expenditure Governance
- 21576
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 3405
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1397730
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £16,429,421
- Assets Total Fixed
- 18295473
- Assets Own Use
- 1
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 18295472
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £195,164
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,061,216
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £16,429,421
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1061216
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 1000000
- Assets Cash
- £195,164
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 16429421
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 16429421
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1140579
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 396887
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1537466
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £61,051
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,251,489
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1312540
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 61051
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1228509
- Expenditure Governance
- 17460
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 22980
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 1253889
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £14,466,480
- Assets Total Fixed
- 16129699
- Assets Own Use
- 1
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 16129698
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £309,181
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,972,400
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £14,466,480
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 972400
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 1000000
- Assets Cash
- £300,570
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 14466480
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 14466480
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1492608
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 326986
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1819594
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £54,689
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £982,913
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1037602
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 54689
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 958141
- Expenditure Governance
- 21723
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 24772
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 916850
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,040,077
- Assets Total Fixed
- 13873672
- Assets Own Use
- 1
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 13873671
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £959,344
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,845,351
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £12,987,665
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 945351
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 900000
- Assets Cash
- £950,615
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 12987665
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 12987665
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 821370
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 296704
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1118074
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £57,194
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,093,799
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1150993
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 57194
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1062476
- Expenditure Governance
- 17280
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 31323
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -2076252
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £206,100
- Assets Total Fixed
- 13004847
- Assets Own Use
- 1
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 13004846
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £136,710
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,852,734
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £11,288,823
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 952734
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 900000
- Assets Cash
- £124,533
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11288823
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 11288823
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRITISH RECORD INDUSTRY TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1990-09-27T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/10/2014
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUST MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 43892
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BRIT TRUST
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Investment