Barnwood Trust
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- Barnwood Trust funds organisations and community groups across Gloucestershire that work alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions, so a group should show how its work fits that focus and its themes of disability inclusion, mental health inclusion, access to opportunities and access to rights.
- Its typical grants to organisations fall between £26,500 and £150,000, with a median of about £115,000, but that band is not a ceiling; its small grants go up to £10,000, so a small group should look at that route first.
- The Trust does not accept unsolicited requests, so it is worth making contact to find out whether the work fits before sending anything formal.
- The annual report says small grants are open for most of the year, but the Trust's own current information says its Small Grants funding is fully allocated and closed for now, so check the position before approaching it.
Overview
Barnwood Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1162855).
Barnwood Trust exists to support Gloucestershire with the resources it needs so that disabled people and people with mental health conditions are included in their communities, have access to opportunities and can access their rights. It funds in three ways: individual grants for opportunities and household essentials, core and project funding for organisations and groups through its Funded Partner Programme, and project-specific themed funding. Its most recent annual report records £5,056,000 paid out in grants.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Barnwood Trust funds organisations and community groups across Gloucestershire that work alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions to create positive change. Its funding aims to help create a more inclusive county, where disabled people and people with mental health conditions are included in their communities, have access to opportunities and can access their rights. The Trust has described three routes: individual grants for opportunities and household essentials; core and project funding for organisations and groups through the Funded Partner Programme; and project-specific themed funding to help it and others learn about new or improved ways of delivering its strategic goals. Its wider approach is to work alongside disabled people, people with mental health conditions, communities and organisations, listening and learning to inform funding and change.
Themes
- Disability inclusion
- Mental health inclusion
- Access to opportunities
- Access to rights
Geographic Focus
Gloucestershire.
How to apply
The annual report describes the small-grants programme as open to applications for most of the year.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It funds organisations and community groups that work alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions to create positive change.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Barnwood Trust.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 46 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median £116k (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Allsorts Gloucestershire£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- Building Circles£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- Gloucestershire Young Carers£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- Newent Assoc Disabled£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- Sunflowers£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- The Door£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- Two Can Inclusive Theatre Company£150,000year to 31 December 2025
- Viv Gordan Company£150,000year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£284k).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £2,783,000 | £4,755,000 | £2,086,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £2,822,000 | £6,228,000 | £3,292,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £2,778,000 | £6,026,000 | £3,225,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £3,137,000 | £7,983,000 | £4,072,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £3,224,000 | £9,183,000 | £5,056,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 4 of the 5 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- barnwoodtrust.org
- barnwoodtrust.org/funding/grants-for-groups-and-organisations · read on 31 October 2026
- barnwoodtrust.org · read on 31 October 2026
- barnwoodtrust.org/speak-to-us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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