Monkton Bluefriars Charitable Trust

Analysis

Monkton Bluefriars Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belper. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Monkton Bluefriars Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £20k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12k to £29k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Monkton Bluefriars Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Cleer Memorial Hall (£29k), Treeton Community Centre (£29k) and Netherthong Community Partnership (£29k).