Barnabas - Safe & Sound

Analysis

Barnabas - Safe & Sound is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04462901). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnabas - Safe & Sound reported income of £241k and spending of £219k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £277k to £241k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barnabas - Safe & Sound sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sofa (£241k), Kentish Town Baitul Aman Mosque (£241k) and The Collective Aid Charitable Foundation. (£240k).