The Blackford Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Blackford Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Blackford Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £25k, spending 239% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,632 to £10k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 172% 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, The Blackford Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Peterborough Ortons Trust Fund (£10k), M D C Jenks Charitable Trust (£10k) and The Benn Memorial Hall (Known Locally As the Grand Borough Village Hall) (£10k).