The Blyth Watson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Blyth Watson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Blyth Watson Charitable Trust reported income of £151k and spending of £71k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £127k to £151k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Blyth Watson Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orpington Village Hall Trust (£151k), Gransden and District Agricultural Society (£153k) and Maureen Behrman Charity (£150k).