Barford Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Barford Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in October 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Barford Relief in Need Charity reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £15k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Barford Relief in Need Charity sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighter Start (£15k), Building Lives (UK) Limited (£15k) and League of Friends of the Budleigh Salterton Hospital (£15k).

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.