The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust reported income of £203k and spending of £311k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £116k to £203k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BCT Aspire CIO (£203k), Churchdown Community Association (£203k) and Egerton Will Trust (£201k).