The Blakebank Trust

Analysis

The Blakebank Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in June 2020, 6 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 May 2025, The Blakebank Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £383k, spending 826% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £853k to £46k (-95%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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 Blakebank Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lingfield and Dormansland Meals on Wheels (£46k), The Catherine Wines Charitable Trust (£46k) and Canterbury Masonic Charities Association Limited (£46k).