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The ST Barnabas Society

The ST Barnabas Society is a registered charity (number 1009910) based in Reading, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Ian Hambleton since 2018. Latest income £922k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £922k (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.stbarnabassociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The ST Barnabas Society
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£922k£639k
  • 2024£725k£686k
  • 2023£514k£701k
Earlier years
  • 2022£614k£697k
  • 2021£532k£617k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) THE ASSISTANCE WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND IN WHATEVER WAY BEING CHARITABLE THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED INTO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WHO BEFORE SUCH INCEPTION HAD BEEN MINISTERS OF ANY NON-ROMAN CATHOLIC DENOMINATIONS (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND IN WHATEVER WAY THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT OF:- (A)PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED INTO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WHO BEFORE SUCH RECEPTION HAD BEEN (WHETHER AS REGULAR MINISTERS OR AS LAY READERS OR OTHERWISE) THE HOLDERS OF ANY OFFICIAL POSITIONS IN ANY NON-ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS BODY OR WHO HAD BEEN MEMBERS OF ANY NON-ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS SISTERHOOD. (B) THE DEPENDANTS OF ANY PERSONS WHO MEET THE DESCRIPTION CONTAINED IN SUB-CLAUSE 3.2.1.(A) HEREOF OR ANY DECEASED PERSONS WHO MET THAT DESCRIPTION DURING THEIR LIFETIME. (2) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, INFIRM OR POOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS. (3) THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR OR CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

6.3y median 5y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 7Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£922k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

3 from 3 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1009910
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1991, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 11TH MARCH 1992 AND 16TH MARCH 1992
Companies House
Company number 02645233 · Active
Contact on the register
01865513377 · office@stbarnabassociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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