The Barbarians Rugby Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Barbarians Rugby Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Barbarians Rugby Charitable Trust reported income of £100k and spending of £141k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £81k to £100k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Barbarians Rugby Charitable Trust 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 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grindleton Recreation Ground Charity (£100k), Plymouth Patriots Basketball Foundation (£100k) and Red Lodge Millennium Centre Ltd (£99k).