Lady Blakenham's Charity Trust

Analysis

Lady Blakenham's Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lady Blakenham's Charity Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £49k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £33k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lady Blakenham's Charity Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corinya Charitable Trust (£33k), Bexhill-On-Sea Lions Club (CIO) (£33k) and Merton Somali Community (Mesco) (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.