THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST
Registered charity 1115476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charitable foundation, committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society. The Trust promotes social justice through grant making, research, influencing public opinion and policy and supporting local communities. The Trust has three key programmes of work: Criminal Justice, Migration and Economic Justice.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the group reported a net decrease in funds of £389,000 for the year, driven by net outgoing resources of £2,893,000 partially offset by investment gains of £2,504,000. Total resources expended were £4,924,000, with £4,520,000 allocated to social justice and grant-making activities. The trustees manage the balance between short and long-term financial objectives through grant making and investment policies rather than operating a specific reserves policy.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: The Barrow Cadbury Trust incurs most administrative expenses and is reimbursed by the Barrow Cadbury Fund for its appropriate share of these costs. In 2024/25 these amounted to £48,136.
“The Barrow Cadbury Trust incurs most administrative expenses and is reimbursed by the Barrow Cadbury Fund for its appropriate share of these costs. In 2024/25 these amounted to £48,136 (2024 £43,409). During the year the Barrow Cadbury Fund did not make any donation to the Barrow Cadbury Trust (2024 - £695,000). During the year trustees and key management personnel served on the Boards of three social investments and one grantee to which the Trust makes contributions (no change from 2024). None of these posts is remunerated.” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Erica Cadbury — Chair (source)
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.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- KHAN, Faiza — director, appointed 27/04/2024on trustee list
- BYNON, Therese Radhika — director, appointed 27/04/2024on trustee list
- GARANDE, Kimberly Tanaka — director, appointed 27/04/2024on trustee list
- HICKINBOTHAM, Alice Amelia — director, appointed 23/10/2021on trustee list
- MCCONNELL, Esther Rose Mary — director, appointed 09/07/2016on trustee list
- PHAROAH, Catherina Anna — director, appointed 11/07/2015on trustee list
- SERLE, John Edward Southall — director, appointed 25/01/2014on trustee list
- SERLE, Henry George Southall — director, appointed 27/04/2009on trustee list
- RUPPRECHTER, Tamsin — director, appointed 03/11/2007not on trustee list
- SOUTHALL, Anna Catherine — director, appointed 05/06/2006on trustee list
- CADBURY, Erica Rachel — director, appointed 05/06/2006on trustee list
- CADBURY, Nicola Jayne — director, appointed 05/06/2006on trustee list
- DOAN, Caroline — secretary, appointed 21/08/2025
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£404k
Reserves (reported)
£93.5m
Reported reserves equal ~227.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (84% 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: 19.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Erica R Cadburychair
- ANNA C SOUTHALL
- Alice Amelia Hickinbotham · trustee of 1 other charity
- Catherina Anna Pharoah
- Esther Rose Mary McConnell
- Faiza Khan
- Henry George Southall Serle
- John Serle
- Kimberly Tanaka Garande
- Nicola J Cadbury
- Tamsin A Rupprecheter
- Therese Radhika Bynon · trustee of 3 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net decrease in funds of £389,000 for the year, driven by net outgoing resources of £2,893,000 partially offset by investment gains of £2,504,000. Total resources expended were £4,924,000, with £4,520,000 allocated to social justice and grant-making activities. The trustees manage the balance between short and long-term financial objectives through grant making and investment policies rather than operating a specific reserves policy. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST as a grant recipient include JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, FINANCE INNOVATION LAB, SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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