THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 294282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of grants for artistic, cultural and educational activities
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £306,949 are held in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of £60,000. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £60,000 (held: £307k)
“The Trustees consider it necessary only to retain a relatively low level of £60,000 of free reserves, to meet the low net expenditure on running costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sir William Russell — Chair (source)
- Robert Glick — Chair (source)
- Dion Barrett — 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).
- The City of London Corporation — “The City of London Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£214k
Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Abigail Pogson
- Ann Kenrick
- Robert Alan Glick OBE
- Sian Eleri Westerman
- Sir William Anthony Bowater Russell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £306,949 are held in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of £60,000. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith.
Who funds THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, THE IDLEWILD TRUST.
Known funders
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