Blackburn U.k. Trust

Analysis

Blackburn U.k. Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in August 2004, 22 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. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackburn U.k. Trust reported income of £4.5m and spending of £3.2m, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £967k to £4.5m (+367%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackburn U.k. Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wilverley Association, Trading as Everwood Care Charity (£4.5m), Invictus Games Foundation (£4.5m) and British Society of Gastroenterology (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.9m. Reserves of £320k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.