The Blakey Foundation

Analysis

The Blakey Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Blakey Foundation reported income of £271k and spending of £44k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £121k to £271k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Blakey Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Revere Charitable Trust (£271k), The Michael Heller Charitable Foundation (£271k) and Neighbourhood Elders Team (£271k).