The Barnabas Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Barnabas Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Barnabas Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £80k, spending 682% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £12k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 681%. Over the whole period it spent 181% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Barnabas Charitable Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Perry Trust Gift Fund (£12k), The Stoneleigh United Charities (£12k) and The Discovery of Talents (£12k).