The Barham Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Barham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Barham Charitable Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £57k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £59k to £58k (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1284%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Barham Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leicestershire and Rutland County Nursing Association (£58k), Rowley Projects (£58k) and League of Friends of the Victoria Memorial Hospital Welshpool (£58k).