BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1058037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS TRUST GENERAL PURPOSE CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES

The main activity is to provide healthcare to the residents of Barnsley and the surrounding areas.

Objects

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Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£831k
Latest spending
£633k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total incoming resources of £832,000 and total expenditure of £634,000, resulting in a positive net movement in funds of £198,000. The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,572,000, which is significantly above the stated policy minimum of £95,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the reserves should not reduce below £95,000 (held: £1.6m)
“The corporate trustee considers the total funds of the Charitable Funds should be at a minimum of £200,000 whilst the reserves should not reduce below £95,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant payments to parent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
“The Charitable Fund has made revenue and capital grant payments of £396,000 (2024: £184,000) which was all to its parent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust” — page 24
“Fundraising services and office cost of £157,000 (£159,000 in 2023/24) - see note 5.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fundraising services and office cost charged by parent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
“The Charitable Fund has made revenue and capital grant payments of £396,000 (2024: £184,000) which was all to its parent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust” — page 24
“Fundraising services and office cost of £157,000 (£159,000 in 2023/24) - see note 5.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge charged by parent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
“The Charitable Fund has made revenue and capital grant payments of £396,000 (2024: £184,000) which was all to its parent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust” — page 24
“Fundraising services and office cost of £157,000 (£159,000 in 2023/24) - see note 5.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by GBAC Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 16

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 13

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Barnsley Hospital Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£831k
Total spending
£633k
Cost of raising funds
£157k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~31.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£831k£633k
31/03/2024£815k£370k
31/03/2023£977k£530k
31/03/2022£1.0m£517k
31/03/2021£1.5m£352k

Common questions

Is BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total incoming resources of £832,000 and total expenditure of £634,000, resulting in a positive net movement in funds of £198,000. The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,572,000, which is significantly above the stated policy minimum of £95,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by GBAC Limited.

Who funds BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£143kGrant
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£143kGrants to members
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023amount not statedGrants awarded 2023

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HEART RESEARCH UK1£67k
C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Barnsley FC Community Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY£831k——above—no doubt
Barnsley FC Community Trust FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
Berkshire Healthcare Charity FY2025£641k—0above—no doubt
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION FY2025£235k—0unclear—no doubt
BNJC FY2025£4.1m£100,000-£140,0001unclear—no doubt
THE HARTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt

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