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The K Blundell Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 296487LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£21k2025-12-31
Spending£44ksame year
Spent / received219%5-year average
Size in its cause50th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1987Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The K Blundell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The K Blundell Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £44k, spending 213% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £21k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 219% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The K Blundell Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Northamptonshire Supplementary Schools Ltd (£21k), Penn Singers (£21k) and Broadland Youth Centre Association (£21k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£11k£22k£33k£44k2021 Income: £15,3232021 Spending: £38,92920212022 Income: £18,5342022 Spending: £39,96120222023 Income: £18,5282023 Spending: £40,57620232024 Income: £17,5892024 Spending: £34,63020242025 Income: £20,6652025 Spending: £44,1042025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Trust gives grants to published writers under 40 to assist with research and other costs.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Association of Northamptonshire Supplementary Schools LtdNorthampton£21k
Penn SingersWolverhampton£21k
Broadland Youth Centre AssociationNorfolk£21k
The Rosemary Bugden Charitable TrustBristol£21k