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.

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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.

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 FundFY2024£39kRelief of Poverty
The Barnes FundFY2022£39kRelief of Poverty
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£22k
The Barnes FundFY2022£3kOrganisation Core Funding
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2023£500
The Barnes FundFY2023£-1kWarm drinks

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£300k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNES FY2025£698k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY BARNET FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BOTCHERBY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
Barnsley FC Community Trust FY2025£1.3m—0within—no doubt
The Barnes Fund FY2024£811k—0unclear—no doubt

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