Blueprint for All

Analysis

Blueprint for All is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05047204). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blueprint for All reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.6m, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £6.0m to £1.4m (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blueprint for All sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (£1.4m), The Johnson Clergy Association (Birmingham) CIO (£1.4m) and Milton Keynes Womens Aid (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 9.6%, investments 7.9% and trading 4.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.