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BARNWOOD TRUST

Registered charity 1162855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Barnwood acts as an agent of social change, working alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions to create that change in Gloucestershire. We listen and learn. We fund. We influence. We take what we listen and learn into our decisions about funding and the changes we want to influence, and we use funding to support the influencing work we do.

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£9.2m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £81.1 million, representing approximately 9 years of core operating and funding expenditure, which is within its stated policy target of £72.8 million. Although the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £5.96 million for the year, this was covered by investment gains and existing reserves, with the Trustees expressing comfort in the release of capital for future funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years of core operating and grant-management expenditure plus capital (held: £81.1m)
“In accordance with the Trust’s reserves policy the target level of reserves of is £72.8 million to cover 36 months core operating and grant-management expenditure plus capital to generate an annual top up to the rolling 36 months allocation at CPI + 4%.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Paul Hooper, a Trustee of Barnwood Trust, was also a Trustee of Fund Gloucestershire, on whose behalf the Trust held restricted funds.
“During the year, the Trust held funds on behalf of Fund Gloucestershire and Paul Hooper was a Trustee of Fund Gloucestershire and Barnwood Trust. These funds were disclosed as restricted funds at the year end.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£9.2m
Cost of raising funds
£382k
Reserves (reported)
£81.2m
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~106.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (80% 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: 11.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.2m£9.2m
31/12/2024£3.1m£8.0m
31/12/2023£2.8m£6.0m
31/12/2022£2.8m£6.2m
31/12/2021£2.8m£4.8m

Common questions

Is BARNWOOD TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £81.1 million, representing approximately 9 years of core operating and funding expenditure, which is within its stated policy target of £72.8 million. Although the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £5.96 million for the year, this was covered by investment gains and existing reserves, with the Trustees expressing comfort in the release of capital for future funding. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.

Who funds BARNWOOD TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARNWOOD TRUST as a grant recipient include THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY, ACTIVE IMPACT CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITYFY2022£10kDonations and legacies received from Barnwood Trust (Note 4 indicates this is income received, not a grant paid out. However, looking at the Trustees Report pag
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2024£4kOf Course We Can Partner Grants
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2023£2k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LOCAL TRUST1£386k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£286k
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING1£121k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND1£10k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£7k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION1£4k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUR BARN COMMUNITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARNWOOD TRUST£3.2m——above—no doubt
OUR BARN COMMUNITY FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
The Barnes Fund FY2024£811k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY BARNET FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BARNET CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt
BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£831k—0above—no doubt

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