Blackwell Adventure

Analysis

Blackwell Adventure is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromsgrove. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01534697). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blackwell Adventure reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £886k to £1.7m (+90%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Blackwell Adventure 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hey Smile Foundation (£1.7m), St Albans School Woollam Trust (£1.7m) and Longridge and District Young Farmers' Club (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and donations and legacies 9.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 38 people.