BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 241383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Addressing climate change by grant making to environmental organisations mainly focused on regenerative agriculture and sustainable farming practices.

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Latest income

£232k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,503,274, a decrease from the previous year's £10,067,564, driven by a significant investment revaluation loss of £757,523. The trustees maintain a policy of retaining sufficient unrestricted reserves to finance planned programmes and meet future obligations, monitoring performance for at least 18 months ahead. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ISABEL MARY SHARP
MAGNUS BRUNNER
SAMUEL BRUNNER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£232k	£39k
05/04/2024	£130k	£177k
05/04/2023	£165k	£146k
05/04/2022	£175k	£172k
05/04/2021	£220k	£165k

Common questions

Is BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,503,274, a decrease from the previous year's £10,067,564, driven by a significant investment revaluation loss of £757,523. The trustees maintain a policy of retaining sufficient unrestricted reserves to finance planned programmes and meet future obligations, monitoring performance for at least 18 months ahead. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 AURORA TRUST	2	£157k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST	2	£78k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£417k
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£212k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£95k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST	1	£59k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£57k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REAL FARMING TRUST.

REAL FARMING TRUST income £930k
PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LIMITED income £1.0m
THE MAGDALEN ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST income £754k
CLAN TRUST LIMITED income £118k
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £352k
Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust income £804k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REAL FARMING TRUST FY2025	£930k	—	within	—	no doubt
PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	11.7%	no doubt
THE MAGDALEN ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FY2025	£754k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLAN TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£118k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£352k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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