The Blair Trust Fund

Analysis

The Blair Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04537587). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Blair Trust Fund reported income of £187k and spending of £92k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £232k to £187k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Blair Trust Fund sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ben Saunders Foundation (£187k), Fountain of Life Christian Church UK (£187k) and The Make Way Foundation (£187k).