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Registered charity (CIO) · Cheltenham

Barnwood Trust

Barnwood Trust is a registered charity (number 1162855) based in Cheltenham, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Colin Smith since 2019. Latest income £3.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Gloucestershire
Website
www.barnwoodtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.2m£9.2m
  • 2024£3.1m£8.0m
  • 2023£2.8m£6.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.8m£6.2m
  • 2021£2.8m£4.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO:(I) HAVE A MENTAL OR NERVOUS DISORDER; OR (II) HAVE A SERIOUS PHYSICAL INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY; ANDWHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, INFIRM OR IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY RELIEVING THEIR CONDITIONS OR ASSISTING THEIR RECOVERY; AND(B) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSE, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SICKNESS AND TO PUBLICISE THE RESULTS.(2) SUBJECT TO SUB-CLAUSE (3) BELOW, IN APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY UNDER SUB-CLAUSE 1(A) ABOVE THE TRUSTEES MUST GIVE PREFERENCE TO PERSONS NOW OR FORMERLY RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE(3) IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE APPLIED UNDER SUB-CLAUSE 1(A) ABOVE TOWARDS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT OR FORMERLY RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE,THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY IT FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH OTHER PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (4) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO SUCH OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(5) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY:(A) PROVIDING HOUSING OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION, CARE, NURSING AND ATTENTION; OR(B) MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS; OR(C) DOING SUCH OTHER LAWFUL ACTS AND THINGS AS MAY FURTHER THE OBJECTS.

Grants received

2 grants · £200,000 total

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Top funders

Most recent

Grants given

769 grants · £15,288,216 total

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Top recipients

Most recent

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Finance 6Other services 4Health and social care 3

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£3.2m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

106.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2021

36 from 40 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
1162855
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ONREGISTERED ON 27 JUL 2015AMENDED TO CIO FOUNDATION 12 JUN 2023
Contact on the register
01242539935 · info@barnwoodtrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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