Bluarrow Trust

Analysis

Bluarrow Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Bluarrow Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £32k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £7,200 to £20k (+178%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bluarrow Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Love Sierra Leone (£20k), Schools for Gambia - West Africa (£20k) and The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for West Africa (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.