BARNABAS FUND

Charity overview
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Activities - how the charity spends its money
The charity receives donations which are then distributed by Barnabas Aid International to over 60 countries chiefly in Asia and Africa, making grants for relief and development of communities in need because of particular disadvantages. Grants are made in support of the objectives of advancing the Christian faith, the prevention or relief of suffering, poverty and to promote of human rights.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2023
Total income:
£19,535,756
Donations and legacies | £19.36m | |
Charitable activities | £5.60k | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £168.36k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£18,244,253
Raising funds | £166.14k | |
Charitable activities | £18.08m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £1,881 from 1 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £166.14k | |
Charitable expenditure | £18.08m | |
Retained for future use | £1.29m |
People

27 Employee(s)
6 Trustee(s)
400 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Accommodation/housing
- Religious Activities
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
6 Trustee(s)
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William Philip Seymour Richards | Chair | 30 March 2023 |
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CAROLINE JULIA CHENEVIX KERSLAKE | Trustee | 20 April 2024 |
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Dr Dhinakaran Robert Jaba Prasad Phillips | Trustee | 14 February 2022 |
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Andrew Carey | Trustee | 01 April 2019 |
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Rev Vinay Samuel | Trustee | 15 October 2014 |
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Rev I McNaughton | Trustee | 25 February 2014 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2019 | 31/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £14.18m | £16.57m | £18.25m | £21.61m | £19.54m | |
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Total expenditure | £14.36m | £16.55m | £18.11m | £19.99m | £18.24m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £8.55k | £41.44k | N/A | £1.88k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £14.17m | £15.84m | £18.24m | £21.60m | £19.36m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £4.08k | £4.60k | £11.81k | £8.95k | £5.60k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £6.15k | £5.49k | £643 | £9.29k | £168.36k | |
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Income - Other | £71 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £622.19k | £491.32k | £1.07m | £1.61m | £1.61m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £14.16m | £16.35m | £17.91m | £19.71m | £18.08m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £195.33k | £201.63k | £191.20k | £276.43k | £166.14k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £19.66k | £13.93k | £13.93k | £15.07k | £13.20k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £12.71m | £14.99m | £16.43m | £16.88m | £17.16m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/08/2019 | 31/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £17.91k | £11.21k | £29.25k | £97.09k | £105.14k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £1.04m | £1.09m | £1.37m | £8.31m | £12.54m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | -£61.93k | |
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Total liabilities | £486.35k | £523.66k | £675.89k | £6.05m | £8.94m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 August 2024 | |||
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2024 | |||
Annual return | 31 August 2023 | |||
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | |||
Annual return | 31 August 2022 | |||
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | |||
Annual return | 31 August 2021 | |||
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | |||
Annual return | 31 August 2020 | 25 June 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2020 | 26 May 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/07/2000 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 03/11/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/12/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/2013
Charitable objects
4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS("THE OBJECTS")WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: 4.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; 4.1.2 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SUFFERING POVERTY AND DISTRESS; 4.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATION CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY: 4.1.3.1 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS; 4.1.3.2 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; 4.1.3.3 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; 4.1.3.4 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 4.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS; 4.1.5 THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL HARMONY, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; 4.1.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; 4.1.7 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE
Contact information
- Address:
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Barnabas Aid
Unit 23
Ash
Kembrey Park
SWINDON
SN2 8UN
- Phone:
- 01672564938
- Email:
- info@barnabasfund.org
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