COMMUNITY BARNET

Registered charity 1071035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNET VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL

General Charitable Purposes, the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness; to promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of these purposes and to that end to bring together representatives of voluntary organisations and statutory authorities; makes grants to organisations and individuals.

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

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £22,855 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £56,454 deficit in unrestricted funds partially offset by a £33,599 surplus in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £303,163, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations, noting their policy aim is to hold a minimum of three months' expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure (held: £303k)
“It is the Trustees' aim that the level of this fund is maintained at a minimum value equivalent to three months expenditure.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Liles Morris Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CB Plus (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS North Central London Integrated Care BoardBarnet Wellbeing service - C405892——

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

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£303k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.4m

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY BARNET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £22,855 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £56,454 deficit in unrestricted funds partially offset by a £33,599 surplus in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £303,163, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations, noting their policy aim is to hold a minimum of three months' expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Liles Morris Ltd.

Who funds COMMUNITY BARNET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY BARNET as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£252kBig Local area: St Peter's and the Moors
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£134kBig Local area: Grange Estate
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERINGFY2025£116kCommunity Resilience
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERINGFY2025£5kCommunity Resilience

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation18/12/2024£1.0mGrant to CB Plus
Greater London Authority08/09/2023£5kBarnet Community Resilience Project
Greater London Authority (GLA)08/09/2023£5kBarnet Community Resilience Project
Greater London Authority28/02/2023£5kBarnet Community Resilience Project
Greater London Authority11/01/2023£10kThe Romanian and Eastern European Hub
Greater London Authority (GLA)01/10/2022£21kSafer Neighbourhood Boards Contribution
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2021£475kBarnet Wellbeing Matters
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2021£9kEnfield Connections Homelessness Project
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2020£150kGiving Schemes-Community Barnet & Barnet Giving
City Bridge Foundation28/04/2011£129kGrant to CB Plus
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2009£10kGROW 09 Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2009£422kOrganisational Development Project
The National Lottery Community Fund09/07/2008£146kReach Out Further

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY BARNET£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt
The Barnes Fund FY2024£811k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£300k—0above—no doubt
Barnsley FC Community Trust FY2025£1.3m—0within—no doubt
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION FY2024£1.2m£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt

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