Barb

Analysis

Barb is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Barb reported income of £75k and spending of £153k, spending 204% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £24k to £75k (+219%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 1529%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Barb sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Talk Surrey CIO (£75k), Pregnancy Options Centre (Chichester) (£75k) and Samaritans Cheltenham and District (£75k).