Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BEACON SOUTH YORKSHIRE LTD 

To provide a service that gives help & support to families & carers of drug and alcohol users, as our specialism, and also to carers of people suffering with dementia, disabilities, mental ill health and the elderly.To raise awareness & educate the wider community on related issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 17 years

www.beaconsy.org.uk

info@beaconsy.org.uk

01226814012

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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£231£210£21n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£133£140£-7n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/21£133£95£38n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£48£72£-23n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£72£61£12n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£68£52£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£22£39£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£44£53£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£64£61£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£65£56£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£51£37£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£37£40£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£43£34£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£47£50£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£40£38£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Rotherham,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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£381,112
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£12,385
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Beacon South Yorkshire's Counselling Service for Carers
£10,000 15/09/2023
The project will use the funding to continue providing a counselling service for carers struggling with mental health issues addiction and disabilities. This aims to reduce isolation and improve ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Beacon South Yorkshire Carer Support
£180,000 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' salary and on costs of two Development Officers and an Administrator at an organisation providing support for carers of people affected by addiction, disability, or mental health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling service for carers struggling with mental wellbeing
£10,000 13/05/2022
The funding will be used to expand their counselling service for carers struggling with their own mental health. The project aims to meet growing demand for support and improve people’s wellbeing.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Beacon South Yorkshire LTD
£12,385 28/07/2021
The funding is for a counsellor for 12 hours per week over 12 months, to give unpaid carers support with their mental wellbeing as lockdown eases. The award will enable the continuation of an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling to assist carers through the pandemic
£10,000 19/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to continue to provide an online and telephone counselling service for carers in the areas of Barnsley and Rotherham to help reduce isolation and improve mental health and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 18/08/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Beacon South Yorkshire Carer Support Service
£351,112 19/02/2020
59
The funding will enable Beacon South Yorkshire to recruit and train 25 new volunteers, drawn from the local community that are using the services. BSY focuses on supporting carers of people who are ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Support Worker
£10,000 13/12/2018
12
The project will support carers and families of people who are drug and alcohol users. They will gain advice and information during activities including coffee mornings and one to one discussions ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Barnsley Beacon Support Services
£15,000 24/10/2017
24
This request would allow the charity to bring in a consultant with the expertise to support the Services Manager and Board of Trustees in their exploration of alternative business models for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Beacon Transformation Project
£10,000 05/04/2017
12
The group will extend their current support services for those caring for family members who are dependent on drugs or alcohol, as well as introducing a new support service for carers of family ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Beacon Stepping Stones
£112,389 14/03/2012
36
This project supports carers of substance users through a range of services including a 24/7 helpline, counselling, confidence building workshops, coping strategies, monthly coffee mornings, outings ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-76
  • HELEN KEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Carer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/01/2007, number: 1117760
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2005, number: 05385670
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 -25 DONCASTER ROAD
(ABOVE PARKGATE MOBILITY)
BARNSLEY
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
S70 1TH

Objectives

3. OBJECTS TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND NEEDS OF PARENTS AND CARERS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF DRUG USERS BY:1) ESTABLISHING AND DEVELOPING A SERVICE WHICH PROVIDES HELP, SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO THEM;2) PROVIDING A SAFE, COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO HOLD A PARENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP;3) RAISING AWARENESS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT DRUGS AND DRUG RELATED ISSUES AND BY OFFERING TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON MATTERS SUCH AS COUNSELLING; AND4) OFFERING INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE, HAND AND FOOT MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY AND REIKI AS COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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