Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
Barnabus (Manchester)
- 9 trustees
- Income £810k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Maxine BlackwellChair · since 2025
- Anthony RussoTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Lydia Jane ReidTrustee · since 2026
- Edoardo BarbiTrustee · since 2026
- Joanne SeatonTrustee · since 2026
- Laura ThomasTrustee · since 2025
- Lorna Maria HavercroftTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew LaceyTrustee · since 2019
- Stephen Edward BestTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.barnabus.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£810k£955k
- 2024£843k£895k
- 2023£785k£740k
Earlier years
- 2022£871k£733k
- 2021£882k£585k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF HOMELESS PERSONS; 4.2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF HOMELESS PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF FOOD, CLOTHING, TEMPORARY SHELTER; AND 4.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
Grants received
41 grants · £485,614 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £125,000 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £98,902
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £70,000 (5 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £67,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £52,250 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Maxine Blackwell Chair since 2025
- Anthony Russo since 2025
- Dr Lydia Jane Reid since 2026
- Edoardo Barbi since 2026
- Joanne Seaton since 2026
- Laura Thomas since 2025
- Lorna Maria Havercroft since 2026
- Matthew Lacey since 2019
- Stephen Edward Best since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Lacey since 2019
- Stephen Edward Best since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Maxine Blackwell Chair since 2025
- Anthony Russo since 2025
- Dr Lydia Jane Reid since 2026
- Edoardo Barbi since 2026
- Joanne Seaton since 2026
- Laura Thomas since 2025
- Lorna Maria Havercroft since 2026
- Matthew Lacey since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Stephen Edward Best since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1174410
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Aug 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01612373223 · admin@barnabus.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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