The Barker Charitable Trust Limited

Analysis

The Barker Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02179666). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Barker Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £11k and spending of £17k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £7,226 to £11k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Barker Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tur Langton Village Hall (£11k), The Aidan Charitable Trust (£11k) and The Gwilym Christian Lewis Memorial Trust (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.