The Barwell Baptist Trust

Analysis

The Barwell Baptist Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Barwell Baptist Trust reported income of £176k and spending of £214k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £177k to £176k (-0.6%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Barwell Baptist Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Truro Foodbank (£176k), Zarina Foundation (£176k) and All Nations Charitable Trust (£176k).