Olive Academy

Analysis

Olive Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Olive Academy reported income of £67k and spending of £46k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £20k to £67k (+238%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Olive Academy sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breslov Shul Trust (£67k), Wiltshire and Dorset Deaf and Hard of Hearing Churches Trust (£67k) and Parklands Community Centre (£67k).