The Stubbs Blinkhorn Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Stubbs Blinkhorn Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Stubbs Blinkhorn Charitable Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £84k, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £367 to £3.1m (+852104%), an average of +861% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 132819%. Over the whole period it spent 3.2% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Stubbs Blinkhorn Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Keswick Convention Trust (£3.1m), Bristol Cathedral Trust (£3.1m) and The Movement for Reform Judaism (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.1m. Charitable activities took 2.6% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 453 months of spending at that rate.