The Barrow Cadbury Trust

Analysis

The Barrow Cadbury Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05836950). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Barrow Cadbury Trust reported income of £2.1m and spending of £5.0m, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £3.2m to £2.1m (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Barrow Cadbury Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burton Upon Trent and District YMCA (£2.1m), Everyday Language Solutions (£2.1m) and Verso Vineyard Church Limited (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 82% and charitable activities 18%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.6m. Reserves of £93.5m would cover about 220 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

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.