Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

BEACON TRUST 

Beacon Trust continues to meet the activities as much as possible with the small funds and still able to support its beneficiaries 'in kind'.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£2£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/09£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08?*£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

02086547330

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - ST MICHAEL ANGEL ESTATE
£15,129 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/1993, number: 1020243
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR21: 280 days late, AR16: 24 days late, AR10: 128 days late, AR08: 273 days late, AR05: 106 days late,
Main office

27A ASHBURTON ROAD
CROYDON
CR0 6AP

Objectives

I)TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION TO OVERSEAS STUDENTS STUDYING IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND II)TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF OVERSEAS STUDENTS STUDYING IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND III)TO FACILITATE RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS RELATING TO JUSTICE AND PEACE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO MINORITY GROUPS IV)TO FURTHER CHRISTIANITY V)TO PROMOTE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE THIRD WORLD

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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