Barnabas Community Church

Analysis

Barnabas Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08073794). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnabas Community Church reported income of £539k and spending of £435k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £634k to £539k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barnabas Community Church sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Upton (Overchurch) (£539k), Al-Ihsaan Academy (£540k) and Swansea Mosque and Islamic Community Centre (£539k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82% and trading 18%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £70k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.