The Sir Victor Blank Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Sir Victor Blank Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sir Victor Blank Charitable Settlement reported income of £39k and spending of £397k, spending 1029% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £187k to £39k (-79%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 370% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Sir Victor Blank Charitable Settlement sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of Sevenoaks Hospital (£39k), With Love Emma (£39k) and Rotary Club of Hereford Trust Fund (£39k).