THE BLUE THREAD

Registered charity 1130704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£936k

Latest spending

£3.6m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,749,471 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling into a deficit of £140,175. However, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves were restored to a surplus position by post-year-end donations of shares valued at £2.63 million.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income)

“Income in the year was £953,885 (2024: £4,015,544), with £917,500 (2024: £3,927,600) being received from donations” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £857,500 to the Charity.

“The Trustees donated £857,500 (2024: £927,600) to the Charity.” — page 25

“The Grabiner Management Company Ltd, a company whose directors are also Trustees of the Charity, recharged payroll costs of £173,629 (2024: £187,926) to The Blue Thread.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grabiner Management Company Ltd recharged payroll costs of £173,629 to the Charity.

“The Trustees donated £857,500 (2024: £927,600) to the Charity.” — page 25

“The Grabiner Management Company Ltd, a company whose directors are also Trustees of the Charity, recharged payroll costs of £173,629 (2024: £187,926) to The Blue Thread.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants of £9,720 were made to Our Second Home, where Trustees are also trustees.

“The Trustees donated £857,500 (2024: £927,600) to the Charity.” — page 25

“The Grabiner Management Company Ltd, a company whose directors are also Trustees of the Charity, recharged payroll costs of £173,629 (2024: £187,926) to The Blue Thread.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity borrowed £100,000 from a Trustee for short-term cash flow, repaid within the year with no interest.

“The Trustees donated £857,500 (2024: £927,600) to the Charity.” — page 25

“The Grabiner Management Company Ltd, a company whose directors are also Trustees of the Charity, recharged payroll costs of £173,629 (2024: £187,926) to The Blue Thread.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Blue Thread (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£954k

Total spending

£3.6m

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

2

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amy Grabiner
DANIEL GRABINER
Emily Rose Grabiner-Wolfson
JOSEPH GRABINER-WOLFSON
MIRIAM GRABINER
SARAH GRABINER
STEPHEN GRABINER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£936k	£3.6m
05/04/2024	£4.0m	£3.2m
05/04/2023	£2.9m	£4.9m
05/04/2022	£5.5m	£847k
05/04/2021	£917k	£474k

Common questions

Is THE BLUE THREAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,749,471 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling into a deficit of £140,175. However, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves were restored to a surplus position by post-year-end donations of shares valued at £2.63 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BLUE THREAD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds THE BLUE THREAD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BLUE THREAD as a grant recipient include This Day Foundation, THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY, THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CROSSROADS WOMEN.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
This Day Foundation	FY2023	£6.0m
This Day Foundation	FY2024	£5.0m
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	FY2022	£43k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	FY2023	£43k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k	Family Court project
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	FY2023	£10k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	FY2023	£10k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	FY2022	£10k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	FY2022	£10k
CROSSROADS WOMEN	FY2024	£3k	Grant – Blue Thread
This Day Foundation	FY2025	£-2.9m

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10.0m
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£825k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 71BLUE.

71BLUE income £965k
BLUES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY income £157k
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit income £200k
THE BLUEBERRY FOUNDATION income £102k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST income £3.4m
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £221k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BLUE THREAD	£936k	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
71BLUE FY2024	£965k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BLUES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY FY2025	£157k	—	0	within	—	noted
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit FY2025	£200k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLUEBERRY FOUNDATION FY2024	£102k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.