THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 313577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The foundation operates only in the Hastings and St Leonards district.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£339k

Latest spending

£361k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,898,083, with free reserves specifically amounting to £331,196. The trustees consider these reserves adequate for operational requirements and confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Manningtons. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Trustees · trustee networks

PATRICIA HELEN CONNOLLYchair
CHRISTINE SYLVIA DEACON
James Hardy
MARTIN HOLGATE
Michael Henry Cornes · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael John Gratton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£339k	£361k
05/04/2025	£329k	£294k
05/04/2024	£320k	£279k
05/04/2023	£311k	£226k
05/04/2022	£298k	£291k

Common questions

Is THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,898,083, with free reserves specifically amounting to £331,196. The trustees consider these reserves adequate for operational requirements and confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Manningtons.

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 REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION.

THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION income £210k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION income £271k
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED income £286k
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION income £2.6m
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION income £632k
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION income £61.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION	£339k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION FY2025	£210k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION FY2025	£271k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£286k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION FY2025	£632k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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