The Barleycorn Trust

Analysis

The Barleycorn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wadhurst. It was registered in March 1987, 39 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 organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Barleycorn Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £168k, spending 681% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £31k to £25k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 660% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Barleycorn Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Olive and Norman Field Charity (£25k), Village Foundations (£25k) and Kaalmo Youth Development Limited (£25k).

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.