The Blyth Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Blyth Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Blyth Charitable Trust reported income of £365k and spending of £407k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £179k to £365k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Blyth Charitable Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lynemouth Day Centre Ltd (£365k), The Saintbury Trust (£365k) and The Harwood Charitable Trust (£364k).

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.