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The Open Blue Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1196800WiltshireDisability
Income£66k2025-12-31
Spending£72ksame year
Spent / received97%4-year average
Size in its cause59th pctDisability
Registered2021CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Open Blue Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in November 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Open Blue Trust reported income of £66k and spending of £72k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £54k to £66k (+22%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Open Blue Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation (£66k), The Community Kitchen (Brighton / Sussex) (£66k) and Youth Education Sport (£66k).

Income and spending

£0£19k£38k£57k£76k2022 Income: £53,9012022 Spending: £55,55420222023 Income: £64,0132023 Spending: £61,16420232024 Income: £76,0162024 Spending: £64,17720242025 Income: £65,8902025 Spending: £71,5142025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Open Blue Trust uses a converted double-decker bus as a mobile community centre to deliver opportunities to isolated communities in Wiltshire. Open Blue looks to help the whole community by offering activities for all ages from carer and toddler groups through after school clubs and youth drop ins to resident cafes for the more mature.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Sinfonia Smith Square FoundationLondon£66k
The Community Kitchen (Brighton / Sussex)Brighton£66k
Youth Education SportLondon£66k
Dora BrownIpswich£66k