Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WE ARE BEAMS 

We are Beams is a charity providing services to disabled young people and their families. Our services include support, advice, leisure activities. training and short breaks including overnight.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 28 years

wearebeams.org.uk

admin@wearebeams.org.uk

01322668501

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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£2,028£2,131£-103£207£638£3822.110133
31/03/22£1,763£1,692£70£147£741£5543.98575
31/03/21£1,878£1,481£397£120£671£4473.67512
31/03/20£1,549£1,529£20£159£274£13113932
31/03/19£1,369£1,418£-49£0£254£1701.47018
31/03/18£1,521£1,546£-25£0£303£1871.4600
31/03/17£1,416£1,429£-13£37£327£2942.5660
31/03/16£1,472£1,318£155£37£340£2992.7660
31/03/15£1,472£1,318£155£147£335£2572.3570
31/03/14£1,265£1,219£46£14£225£1941.9610
31/03/13£1,006£1,115£-109£31£179£1571.7310
31/03/12£929£979£-50£25£250£90.1270
31/03/11£1,000£997£4£33£299£530.6270
31/03/10£984£930£54£44£295£610.8250
31/03/09£771£745£26£30£242£30.1210
31/03/08£619£674£-55£17£215£10180
31/03/07£607£485£122£13£270£70.280
31/03/06£491£495£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£490£519£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£404£410£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 75%
Liabilities/Income: 93%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 101 employees
  • 33 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£396,378
DCMS£88,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
Co-Operative Group£12,043
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to We Are Beams
£3,184 21/10/2023
We would like to provide support groups, one-to-one advice clinics, telephone helpline and parent workshops, to enable families to be better equipped with the challenges of raising disabled children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Light Up A LIfe
£8,615 17/02/2023
The funding will be used to design a sensory room space for use by disabled children who experience sensory challenges. The project aims to develop a calm space that will be conducive to supporting ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000 25/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to We Are Beams
£3,621 22/10/2022
We are seeking funding so that we can reach out to vulnerable families with disabled children in desperate need of our help.
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Queen's Jubilee Afternoon Tea
£1,105 08/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver an afternoon tea in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring the community together and improve wellbeing in the aftermath of the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Advice Service
£386,658 15/12/2021
The funding will support the organisation's Family Advice Service which supports parents/carers with a disabled child/children. The project works across Dartford Sevenoaks and Gravesham areas of ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - We Are Beams - 20/10/21
£1,750 10/11/2021
Plant a Smile New Garden Appeal
Co-Operative Group - Grant to We Are Beams
£5,238 23/10/2021
A respite day at Beams will make a positive difference to the personal, social and learning opportunities of the children and young people who attend.
CareTech foundation - We are Beams
£1,702 07/09/2021
A grant of £1,702 has been awarded for the refurbishment of We are Beams charity.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to We Are Beams
£15,000 13/04/2021
purchase and adapt a vehicle for a charity supporting disabled children and young people in Kent
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£88,000 08/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to We are Beams
£157,100 13/03/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing parenting programmes and education advice for children with disabilities, autism or ADHD and their families across Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Advice Service
£343,617 30/08/2018
36
This project provides a comprehensive support service to families of children and young people with any form of physical, learning or sensory impairment living in parts of Kent. It aims to improve ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to We are Beams
£19,230 13/11/2017
36
A play scheme, offering a range of fun and developmental activities to disabled children, who may also experience economic deprivation. Young people will benefit through reduced social isolation, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusive Play schemes for disabled children
£195,251 09/03/2016
60
This project will provide free and inclusive school holiday play schemes for disabled children from Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley. These will take place in local leisure centres and give parents ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Advice & Support Service - Home Visits
£88,821 20/11/2012
60
The aim of this expanding project is to ensure disabled children and their families are not socially isolated and are equipped with the skills to make the best decisions for their child. The ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-64
  • TERRI COX Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/1996, number: 1054129
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/1996, number: 03179785
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

ALLSWORTH COURT
40 ST. DAVIDS ROAD
SWANLEY
KENT
BR8 7RJ

Objectives

THE WE ARE BEAMS IS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AND WHERE THEY ARE IN NEED TO FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-25 WITH DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION FACILITIES AND SHORT BREAKS. PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITHOUT A CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF DISABILITY OR IMPAIRMENT MAY ALSO BE OFFERED ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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