Barnsley FC Community Trust

Analysis

Barnsley FC Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06081731). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Barnsley FC Community Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £974k to £1.3m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Barnsley FC Community Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (North Wales) (£1.3m), Dreams Come True Charity (£1.3m) and Changing Faces (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, trading 33% and donations and legacies 12%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £669k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.