BARLOW HOMES FOR AGED PERSONS

Registered charity 203035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Barlow Homes provides accomodation of 37 bungalows and a Community Hall.The Community Hall is used for residents meetings, council meetings, club meetings and local elections.

Objects

PROVISION OF HOMES FOR AGED PERSONS BEING INHABITANTS OF OLDBURY.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF OLDBURY.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£155k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £84,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was transferred into reserves. The total unrestricted reserves stood at £545,483, a figure the trustees note is significantly above their informal policy target of holding 10% of annual rent income. The charity is funded primarily by rental income and does not undertake fundraising activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 10% of its annual rent income set aside in balances (held: £545k)

“There is no definitive policy but as a guide the Trust looks to have at least 10% of its annual rent income set aside in balances.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

SANDWELL MBC

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£155k	£94k
31/03/2024	£171k	£152k
31/03/2023	£157k	£97k
31/03/2022	£152k	£84k
31/03/2021	£135k	£91k

Common questions

Is BARLOW HOMES FOR AGED PERSONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £84,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was transferred into reserves. The total unrestricted reserves stood at £545,483, a figure the trustees note is significantly above their informal policy target of holding 10% of annual rent income. The charity is funded primarily by rental income and does not undertake fundraising activities.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
Moto Foundation	1	£331

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARLEY MOW VILLAGE HALL CIO.

BARLEY MOW VILLAGE HALL CIO income £120k
BARLOW PRE-SCHOOL income £208k
BERNHARD BARON CARE HOME income £3.1m
BARROW HILL COMMUNITY TRUST income £323k
THE HALLAM COMMUNITY AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £108k
Boulton Cottage Homes Trust income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARLOW HOMES FOR AGED PERSONS	£155k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BARLEY MOW VILLAGE HALL CIO FY2025	£120k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARLOW PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BERNHARD BARON CARE HOME FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARROW HILL COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£323k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HALLAM COMMUNITY AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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