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Registered charity · Essex

Barnardo's

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £340m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey and more
Website
www.barnardos.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Barnardo's
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£340m£327m
  • 2024£326m£336m
  • 2023£315m£312m
Earlier years
  • 2022£300m£279m
  • 2021£280m£286m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 53% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1 TO PROMOTE THE CARE, SAFETY AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY:-1.1 SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;1.2 PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH; AND1.3 ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION.2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Grants received

240 grants · £69,540,094 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 13Education/training 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13

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

Tech and media 19Health and social care 13Retail and trade 13

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£340.3m latest income
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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.5 in 2021

7404 from 7489 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.
56%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
216250
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/12/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/11/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2001NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/2011 as amended on 09 Oct 2018 as amended on 29 Nov 2024
Companies House
Company number 00061625 · Active
Contact on the register
0800 008 7005 · supportercare@barnardos.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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