Blyth Tall Ship

Analysis

Blyth Tall Ship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07267448). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Blyth Tall Ship reported income of £487k and spending of £339k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £259k to £487k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blyth Tall Ship sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedoms Ark Trust (£487k), MTT Foundation (£487k) and Ottery Feoffee Charity (£487k).