The Blavatsky Trust

Analysis

The Blavatsky Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Blavatsky Trust reported income of £77k and spending of £241k, spending 311% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £82k to £77k (-5.6%), an average of -1.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Blavatsky Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carters Lane Baptist Church (£77k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Spirit, Southsea, Diocese of Portsmouth (£77k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Church of the Holy Nativity, Chapel House (£77k).

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.