Barnsley Community Build

Analysis

Barnsley Community Build is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04193316). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Barnsley Community Build reported income of £362k and spending of £620k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2024, income fell from £471k to £362k (-23%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barnsley Community Build sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Radstock Ministries (£362k), Communities Together Durham (£362k) and Northern Ladies Annuity Society (£361k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.