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Manolo Blahnik Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1197497LondonGrant-making and general purposes
Income£211k2025-12-31
Spending£635ksame year
Spent / received16%4-year average
Size in its cause87th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2022Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Manolo Blahnik Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13733159). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manolo Blahnik Foundation reported income of £211k and spending of £635k, spending 301% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £7.8m to £211k (-97%), an average of -70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 442%. Over the whole period it spent 16% 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, Manolo Blahnik Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acting for Others (£211k), The Adint Charitable Trust (£212k) and Council for Voluntary Service West Lancashire (£211k).

Income and spending

£0£1.9m£3.9m£5.8m£7.8m2022 Income: £7,758,8642022 Spending: £65,35320222023 Income: £156,7122023 Spending: £368,51820232024 Income: £849,9222024 Spending: £412,72720242025 Income: £211,2142025 Spending: £635,0912025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Charity will make grants to such exclusively charitable projects for the public benefit that the trustees feel would be in the best interests of the Charity to support.

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CharityLocationIncome
Acting for OthersLondon£211k
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Council for Voluntary Service West LancashireLancashire£211k
Ashby de LA Zouch and District Agricultural Society LtdSwadlincote£212k