Barnabas Oley's Charity

Analysis

Barnabas Oley's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnabas Oley's Charity reported income of £14k and spending of £21k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £14k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barnabas Oley's Charity sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muwassa (£14k), The Lawns Trust (£14k) and The Tannery Trust (£14k).

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.