The Barnes Fund

Registered charity 200103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNES WORKHOUSE FUND

A grant-making charitable trust for the benefit of residents of Barnes, the objects of which are the relief of poverty, relief for the elderly, the relief of distress and sickness, the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure and education. The Walsingham Lodge Trust, a subsidiary charity, provides almshouses for older Barnes residents.

Objects

THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF BARNES AS FOLLOWS: 1) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, IMPOTENT AND POOR; 2) THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SICKNESS; 3) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT (WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE) OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OF OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; 4) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF BARNES.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · 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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £457,098 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily driven by a £574,117 unrealised loss on investments, although it maintained substantial unrestricted reserves of £4,087,738. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future, and the financial statements received an unqualified audit opinion from Xeinadin Audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Barnes Fund (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~43.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Barnes Fund Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BARNET COMMUNITY PROJECTS income £113k
• THE ELLEN BARNES CHARITABLE TRUST income £27k
• LASLETT'S ALMSHOUSES income £142k
• THE R S BROWNLESS CHARITABLE TRUST income £44k
• WALSINGHAM CARE income £523k
• THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' BOONE'S CHARITY income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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