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.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 06/02/2024, 1 day after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST£232k—0unclear—no doubt
MARMOT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
BALMAIN ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025£32k£35,2400unclear—no doubt
CLIMATE RESPONSE LIMITED FY2026£545k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£201k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt

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