Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

FRIENDS OF THE BEACON 

Friends of the Beacon is the charitable body supporting the non NHS activities of the Beacon Centre in Guildford (part of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care) a Palliative Day Care facility for persons suffering from cancer or other life changing/threatening illlness serving patients within the area covered by the Surrey PCT
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/23£29£33£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£7£2£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£67£28£39n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£23£25£-2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£2£67£-65n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£19£46£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£91£22£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£25£24£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£53£57£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£82£89£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£77£75£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£67£91£-24£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/11*£50£24£26£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/10*£60£15£45£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/09*£67£6£61£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/08£69£9£60£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/07*£12£1£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/06£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/05£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/04*£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.thebeaconservice.org.uk

mark.beale@pth.org.uk

01252729436

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-84
  • PETER FOXTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Head Of Income Generation
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1993, number: 1024925
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/1993, number: 02810326
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 13 days late, AR10: 21 days late, AR09: 46 days late, AR07: 42 days late, AR04: 39 days late,
Main office

Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice
Waverley Lane
FARNHAM
Surrey
GU9 8BL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY CARE CENTRE AND RESIDENTIAL HOME AND OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ATTENTION IN THE SOUTH WEST SURREY HEALTH AUTHORITY AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH WEST SURREY HEALTH AUTHORITY AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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