HS BARLOW CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1161780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of means-tested bursaries and scholarships for post-graduate students from the Developing World, at Trinity College, Cambridge, and other colleges at Cambridge University, as well as at other UK universities regularly in the top 10 UK universities' rankings

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY MEANS OF MEANS-TESTED BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD, AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND OTHER COLLEGES AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS AT OTHER UK UNIVERSITIES REGULARLY IN THE TOP 10 UK UNIVERSITIES'RANKINGS.

Area of benefit: FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD, AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND OTHER COLLEGES AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS AT OTHER UK UNIVERSITIES REGULARLY IN THE TOP 10 UK UNIVERSITIES'RANKINGS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£205k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains only Docusign envelope identifiers and a date, with no financial data, trustee reports, or auditor statements included.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 1 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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£200k£205k
31/07/2024£200k£440k
31/07/2023£200k£148k
31/07/2022£0£128k
31/07/2021£200k£88k

Common questions

Is HS BARLOW CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains only Docusign envelope identifiers and a date, with no financial data, trustee reports, or auditor statements included.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HS BARLOW CHARITABLE TRUST£200k——unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£200k—0above—not going concern
THE LONDON INSURANCE MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt

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