Chief Financial Officer, Barnwood Trust

Chief Financial Officer, Barnwood Trust

£75,000 plus excellent benefits including 36 days holiday and flexibility regarding time spent in the office in Cheltenham.

Barnwood Trust is a long-established charitable Trust in Gloucestershire. Their vision is that Gloucestershire will be a better place when disabled people and people with mental health conditions are equal, empowered and their rights are upheld.

They are now looking for a Chief Financial Officer who can lead, deliver, and develop the finance function, governance, and operational systems of a complex charitable foundation which aims to create social change. The new CFO will shape and evolve this approach, ensuring alignment between capital stewardship and mission impact.

The new CFO will be a strategic, pragmatic and commercially‑minded leader and will ensure effective, efficient and innovative use of financial resources, investments and capital assets to deliver mission‑aligned impact and value.

• Commitment to social change for disabled people and people with mental health conditions
• Demonstrable CFO experience or similar
• Chartered accounting or equivalent financial qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Experience in developing and implementing long‑term organisational, financial and governance strategies, with a focus on operational improvement and effectiveness
• Experience and confidence working with a diverse Board of Trustees

To apply for the role, please upload your CV together with a supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) onto the Prospectus website via the link below. Ensure that you have included a telephone number, as well as any dates when you will not be available or might have difficulty with the recruitment timetable.

If you wish to apply using an alternative format, please contact Prospectus on  or emailex

For guidance on formulating your supporting statement, please review our guide “How to Write a Cover Letter for a Charity Leadership Role.”

To have an informal conversation about the role, please contact our retained partners:  or

Final date to receive applications:
Sunday 1st February (midnight).

Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 9th February.

First stage interviews with Barnwood Trust: 2nd–5th March.