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THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 294282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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).

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

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£214k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.7m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£8k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/2018£65k"Laying the Foundations - the Barbican Guildhall Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/01/2018£48k"Change Makers - the first Abbess"

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