The Blackdown Hills Trust

Analysis

The Blackdown Hills Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07181053). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Blackdown Hills Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £56k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £70k to £51k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Blackdown Hills Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ami Hydropower Foundation (£51k), Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society (£52k) and The Fairfield Association (£51k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.