THE BARNES INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1161508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BARNES

The Barnes Institute is a substantial community building which has provided premises since 1905 for social, educational, cultural, creative, health, well-being and fitness activities in the village of Whitburn and surrounding areas between South Shields and Sunderland in the north east of England. A rigorous policy of equality and inclusion for all age groups is complied with at all times.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF WHITBURN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £839,224, an increase from the previous year's £822,770. The trustees report continued financial security and note that budgeted income and reserves are sufficient to continue as a going concern. However, the trustees identify short-term grant funding and restricted income sources as the principal risk to the charity.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE EARL Secretary
• Cuthbert Douglas Earl
• Graeme Stimpson
• Jeffrey William Wheeler TREASURER
• Jill Elstob
• Lucy Steptoe
• Patricia Joan Bevan
• ROB BEVAN Gym Chair
• RONNIE SCOTT Facilities

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

Operates in: South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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