The Blue Lamp Trust

Analysis

The Blue Lamp Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07267846). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Blue Lamp Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £278k to £1.2m (+347%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Blue Lamp Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Ludgvan Community Childcare Centre Limited (£1.2m), The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (£1.2m) and Science Projects (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 78%, donations and legacies 17%, charitable activities 3.7% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 46% of spending and raising funds 54%. Reserves of £424k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.