Charity of Edward Blagdon

Analysis

Charity of Edward Blagdon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tiverton. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charity of Edward Blagdon reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £19k to £16k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charity of Edward Blagdon sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Covenant Home Trust (£16k), Matthew Twentyfive Forty Trust (£16k) and Mary Pittis Trust for Women (£16k).