Blackburn Cathedral Trust

Analysis

Blackburn Cathedral Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07044409). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blackburn Cathedral Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £72k, spending 262% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £27k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Blackburn Cathedral Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churcham Vicar and Churchwardens - Pope Trust (£27k), National Liturgical Dance Network UK (£27k) and Calcutt and Forest Moor Village Hall (£27k).