BARNARDO'S

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

Latest income
£340.3m
Latest spending
£326.6m
Registered
1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income
£345.6m
Total spending
£326.6m
Cost of raising funds
£104.7m
Reserves (reported)
£40.1m
Employees
7,404

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

Register events

Trustees

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£340.3m£326.6m
31/03/2024£326.1m£335.7m
31/03/2023£315.3m£312.4m
31/03/2022£299.5m£278.8m
31/03/2021£280.5m£286.1m

Common questions

Who funds BARNARDO'S?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARNARDO'S as a grant recipient include THE KATHERINE MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST, NESTA, THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, EGERTON WILL TRUST, ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE KATHERINE MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£18.0m
NESTAFY2024£1.6m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500k
THE KATHERINE MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£335k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£325k
THE KATHERINE MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£200k
EGERTON WILL TRUSTFY2025£200k
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITEDFY2022£153k
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITEDFY2024£135k
THE AJS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE BESTWAY FOUNDATIONFY2024£100k
VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUSTFY2023£51k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£50k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
THE GOYAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£35k
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2023£29k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£23k
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£11k
THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£10k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2023£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2023£10k
THE SHRIMATI PUSHPA WATI LOOMBA MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£7k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
J W CHAPMAN EARLESMERE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE ADFAL TRUSTFY2023£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
E F AND M G HALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE DEWAN FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£0
THE DEWAN FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£3.5mRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£3.0mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery16/02/2023£3.1mRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery01/02/2022£3.0mRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/03/2020£225k"B-Wild"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/2019£43k"The Boring Past"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/08/2019£49k"Fabric of Life 2"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/08/2018£7k"YOYP Banquet of Youth, young people's celebration of year of the young person"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/07/2017£50k"Unveiling the hidden LGBT heritage in North Tyneside"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/07/2005£46k"Cambridge Cottage Restoration Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2003£50k"Barnardo's Heritage Centre"