The Blue Ribbon Foundation

Analysis

The Blue Ribbon Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Blue Ribbon Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £5,892, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £13k (-62%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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 Blue Ribbon Foundation sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Oakwood School (£13k), Rebuild, the Limb Reconstruction Charity (£13k) and Emma de Yong's Charitable Trust (£13k).