Blackfriars Settlement

Analysis

Blackfriars Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00031105). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Blackfriars Settlement reported income of £681k and spending of £745k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £625k to £681k (+9.1%), an average of +2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackfriars Settlement sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Wales Recovery Communities (£681k), The Jac Lewis Foundation (£682k) and Molvi Ebrahim Mulla Foundation (£681k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, donations and legacies 23% and trading 8.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £64k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £120k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.