The Robert Black Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Robert Black Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Robert Black Memorial Fund reported income of £13k and spending of £11k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,326 to £13k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Robert Black Memorial Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pilton Barn Trust (£13k), Latton Basin Restoration (£13k) and The Holt Town Trust (£13k).