Brunts Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Brunts Charity's one-off grants and pensions are for people over 60 who are of limited, ongoing financial means and live within the Mansfield District Council tax area, so older local people in financial difficulty are the applicants whose needs fit.
- Grants are strictly one-off and will not be paid where a statutory body is responsible for the payment, and pensions are reviewed annually to check whether circumstances have changed.
- The annual report gives total annual giving of £13,000, which may include grants to individuals, and no grant range is stated, so a modest request is the safest size to consider.
- Applicants must complete every section of the form and return it to the Brunts Charity Office, with evidence of earnings such as payslips where relevant, and appointed persons decide whether they qualify; the process is not publicly published, so how competitive it is cannot be judged, and it is worth asking the office how it works before approaching it.
- Organisations seeking funds for their own projects should not apply, because the grants and pensions go to older individuals and the charity's other support goes to its almshouses and to existing annual payments.
Overview
Brunts Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 213407).
Brunts Charity exists to provide almshouses to older people in need living within Mansfield District, and it runs 153 almshouses across two geographical sites. It continues to carry out the original bequests made to it. Alongside its almshouses, it gives means-tested one-off grants and ongoing annual pensions to older people in the Mansfield District area, and it makes annual payments to the Brunts Educational Foundation and the John Fletcher Congregation.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Brunts Charity’s primary function is providing almshouse homes for older people in need in Mansfield and District. It supports independent living through low-cost accommodation, community facilities, welfare support and safeguarding, alongside means-tested one-off grants and annual pensions for older people in the local community. Its individual financial assistance is aimed at older people facing financial difficulty or vulnerability and meeting local residence and age criteria. The charity also makes annual payments to educational and religious organisations under its continuing charitable commitments. Its work combines directly provided housing and wellbeing support with financial assistance for older residents and ongoing payments to specific organisations.
Themes
- Almshouse accommodation
- Financial assistance
Geographic Focus
Mansfield and District.
What they don't fund
- Brunts Charity Grant only:
- Grants will not be paid on a recurring basis and are strictly a one-off grant award only
- Grants will not be paid where a payment is the responsibility of a statutory body, e.g. national or local government agency
- people who are not over 60 years of age
- people who are not of limited, ongoing financial means (hardship or distress)
- people who do not reside within the Mansfield District Council tax area
- benefits to the charity’s Trustees, Officers and their close relatives
- Brunts Charity Pension only:
- people who are not over 60 years of age
- people who are not of limited, ongoing financial means (hardship or distress)
- people who do not reside within the Mansfield District Council tax area
- a couple where both applicants do not meet the stated criteria
- benefits directly to the charity’s Trustees and Officers
How to apply
Older residents seeking a one-off financial grant complete every section of the form and return it to the Brunts Charity Office; the appointed persons determine whether they qualify.
Who can apply:
- Grant, Pension: Be over 60 years of age; be of limited, ongoing financial means. (hardship or distress); reside within the Mansfield District Council tax area.
What to send:
- Grant, Pension
- The application form must be completed in full.
- Evidence of earnings such as payslips or proof of earnings, if employed/self-employed/unemployed.
Applying again: Pension: Pensions are reviewed on an annual basis to ascertain if individual circumstances, have changed.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Mansfield
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2022 | £888,049 | £994,715 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £916,615 | £1,107,701 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £1,022,008 | £1,161,787 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £1,030,748 | £1,081,373 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
| year to 31 March 2026 | £1,077,728 | £1,192,421 | £13,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2026 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2026: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- bruntscharity.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- bruntscharity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Brunts-Charity-Application-For-Grant-29-May-25-LPW-AH-MJ-Final.pdf · read on 30 October 2026
- bruntscharity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BRUNTS-CHARITY-Application-For-Pensions-Revised-May-2025-LPW-AH-MJ-Final.pdf · read on 30 October 2026
- bruntscharity.org.uk/contact · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2026)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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