BARNARDO'S

Registered charity 216250 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC037605 (OSCR)

Barnardo's helps children and young people to be safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful. We provide specialist support for children and young people, including those in and leaving care, facing mental health challenges, seeking sanctuary, at risk of exploitation and needing support accessing education, training and employment. We campaign for improved policy and attitudes towards childhood.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with free unrestricted reserves of £40.15 million, which falls within the trustees' target range of £37.8 million to £50.4 million. Per the strategic report, the charity reported its highest ever level of income at £345.6 million, driven by a historic donation, despite challenging retail conditions. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00061625

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Barnardo's (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lynn — CEO (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Postcode Lottery - Postcode Children Trust — “Barnardo’s and players of Postcode Lottery are working together to support children, young people and their families in England Scotland and…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JORDAN, Dominic Martin — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
• KEMP, David Miller — director, appointed 26/09/2024on trustee list
• O'BRIEN, Bridget Julianna — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
• YIASOUMA, Koulla — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
• WOOD, Mark William — director, appointed 01/08/2023on trustee list
• BAYIM-ADOMAKO, Magdalene Akosua Foda — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• ODOGWU, Henry Chekwube — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• HUNTER, Meredith Pierce — director, appointed 01/12/2020on trustee list
• DARZINS, Avis Joy — director, appointed 01/12/2020on trustee list
• BERTHIER, Anne-Cecile France Brigitte — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
• LADBURY, Briony Marion — director, appointed 12/11/2019on trustee list
• VERMA, Rajinder Singh — director, appointed 12/09/2019on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Penelope Anne — director, appointed 12/09/2019on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Nicholas Richard — secretary, appointed 06/06/2022

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

• Public Map Platform —
• Policy and Evidence Centre for Modern Slavery and Human Rights —
• Poverty, pathology and pills: moral narratives and the medicalisation of distress —
• Understanding Society Waves 6 to 8 —
• Effects of Mental Representations of Children on Prosocial Motivation —
• Children, young people and flooding: recovery and resilience —
• Supporting women at risk of repeat pregnancy and recurrent care proceedings: A mixed methods study of Reflect services in Wales. —
• Strengthening family responses for criminally exploited children —
• The Nurture Network: Promoting Young People's Mental Health in a Digital World —
• Stories to connect with: disadvantaged children creating phygital community objects to share their life-narratives of resilience and transformation —

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Barnardo's — Deregistered, 29 registered locations, last inspected 19/02/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (122,256 likes) · instagram (39K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• ‘On the day’ Events Ambassador (Cardiff Half Marathon 2026) · Cardiff CF23 5ER
• Mental Health Practitioner (23506) · Hybrid work in Kendal
• Children's Activity Support - Group Helper (Saintfield) · Saintfield BT24 7JA
• Community Hub Helper (Supporting Health Visitor drop-in sessions in Newport, Isle of Wight) · Newport PO30 2AX
• Bank Support Worker (23642) · Hybrid work in Lancaster
• Bank Support Worker (23642) · Hybrid work in Lancaster
• Parent Champion (Supporting parents/carers (autism and learning disabilities) in Bolton & Wigan) · Bolton
• Outreach Worker (23354) · Hybrid work in Caithness-shire

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark William Woodchair
• Anne-Cecile France Brigitte Berthier
• Avis Joy Darzins
• Bridget OBrien
• Briony Marion Ladbury
• David Miller Kemp
• Dominic Martin Jordan
• Henry Chekwube Odogwu
• Koulla Yiasouma
• Magdalene Akosua Bayim-Adomako
• Meredith Pierce Hunter
• Penelope Anne Thompson
• Rajinder Singh Verma

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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