Barnsbury Charitable Trust

Analysis

Barnsbury Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Barnsbury Charitable Trust reported income of £232k and spending of £39k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £220k to £232k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Barnsbury Charitable Trust 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Brewers Foundation (£232k), Small Acts of Kindness Trust (£234k) and Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Charities (£232k).