71blue

Analysis

71blue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 119 Abbotsbury Road. It was registered in December 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 71blue reported income of £123k and spending of £161k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £965k to £123k (-87%), an average of -87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 19% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, 71blue sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerset Earth Science Centre (£122k), The Sussex Historic Churches Trust (£123k) and RedEarth Village Schools Uganda Limited (£122k).