Blackrock Charities Funds

Analysis

Blackrock Charities Funds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2019, 7 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Blackrock Charities Funds reported income of £34.8m and spending of £41.6m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £42.6m to £34.8m (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 31% 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, Blackrock Charities Funds sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The February Foundation (£34.3m), Wales Council for Voluntary Action (£36.6m) and This Day Foundation (£33.7m).