BLACKSTONE TRUST

Registered charity 1203588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve poverty, hardship, and suffering anywhere in the world by supportinghumanitarian initiatives that provide food, shelter, education, healthcare, clean water, emergency relief, and other essential services to individuals andcommunities in need.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£310k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £310,161 from £171,055 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £75,704. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £72,213 are held, which the trustees confirm is within the charity's reserve policy. The trustees also report a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: within the charity’s reserve policy (held: £72k)

“The Charity has total unrestricted reserves of £72,213 which is within the charity’s reserve policy.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Natasha Granvillechair
Abdul Kayoum
Mohammed Shafique Uddin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Kenya · Mexico · Pakistan · Sudan · Tanzania · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£310k	£234k
05/06/2024	£171k	£153k

Common questions

Is BLACKSTONE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £310,161 from £171,055 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £75,704. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £72,213 are held, which the trustees confirm is within the charity's reserve policy. The trustees also report a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BLACKSTONE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACKSTONE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2024	£18k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2023	£5k	General grant

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Livingston Charitable Trust.

Livingston Charitable Trust income £792k
BLACKBURN U.K. TRUST income £4.5m
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £224k
CENTRAL HARDSHIP AND RELIEF TRUST income £2.9m
EHSAAS TRUST income £923k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BLACKSTONE TRUST	£310k	—	within	—	no doubt
Livingston Charitable Trust FY2024	£792k	—	above	—	no doubt
BLACKBURN U.K. TRUST FY2025	£4.5m	—	unclear	4.1%	no doubt
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST FY2025	£240k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£224k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRAL HARDSHIP AND RELIEF TRUST FY2025	£2.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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