Active Barnsley

Analysis

Active Barnsley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05842239). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Barnsley reported income of £220k and spending of £209k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £150k to £220k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Barnsley sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Epsom, Ewell & Banstead (£220k), Viables Community Association (£220k) and The Monmouthshire County Council Welsh Church Act Fund (£219k).