The Barnet Recreational Trust

Analysis

The Barnet Recreational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hatfield. It was registered in December 1982, 44 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, The Barnet Recreational Trust reported income of £375k and spending of £118k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £98k to £375k (+282%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 11068%. Over the whole period it spent 11% 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, The Barnet Recreational Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridge the Gap Football (£368k), The Wands Charitable Trust (£376k) and The Kier Foundation (£368k).