Barnabas Community Projects

Analysis

Barnabas Community Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09197084). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Barnabas Community Projects reported income of £170k and spending of £175k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £149k to £170k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barnabas Community Projects 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 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Woking Community Furniture Project (£170k), Phases Social Enterprise (£170k) and Mustard Seed Ministries (£170k).

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.