BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1156379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education and to provide facilities for recreation and leisure-time activities with the object of improving the condition of life in the neighbourhood. To promote the preservation, development and improvement of the character and amenities of the neighbourhood.

Objects

To promote benefit for the residents of Barnes and Mortlake without distinction of sex, race, political, religious or other opinions, by fostering a sense of community and citizenship in bringing together the residents, the local authority and voluntary groups in a common effort: (1) The advancement of civic and community development, focusing on the community as a whole rather than the individual.(2) The promotion of urban and rural regeneration, ensuring character and amenities for the public benefit are upheld and protected.(3) The promotion of community capacity building involves strengthening the abilities, skills, and resources of our community, to address challenges for the benefit of residents of Barnes and Mortlake

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£300k
Latest spending
£262k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remained healthy with total unrestricted income of £299,200 and a net movement in funds of £37,747. Free reserves were £121,600, which the trustees note leaves an excess of £61,700 based on their adopted policy of holding three months' expenditure. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months total expenditure (held: £122k)
“The adopted policy is to hold free reserves equivalent to three months total expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 130
  • Government income: £19,052 — grants £19,052 (5); 6% of the £299,905 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 130
  • Government income: £13,750 — grants £13,750 (2); 5% of the £251,925 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £13,252 — grants £13,252 (2); 6% of the £236,093 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£300k£262k
31/12/2024£252k£247k
31/12/2023£236k£209k
31/12/2022£278k£254k
31/12/2021£166k£156k

Common questions

Is BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances remained healthy with total unrestricted income of £299,200 and a net movement in funds of £37,747. Free reserves were £121,600, which the trustees note leaves an excess of £61,700 based on their adopted policy of holding three months' expenditure. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include The Barnes Fund, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Barnes FundFY2024Unverified read£39kRelief of Poverty
The Barnes FundFY2022£39kRelief of Poverty
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£22k
The Barnes FundFY2022£3kOrganisation Core Funding
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2023£500

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£300k—0above—no doubt
BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
DEMESNE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
BOTCHERBY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£225k—0unclear—no doubt
PELSALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£171k—0within—no doubt
PARKLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt

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