The Beerling Foundation

Analysis

The Beerling Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Beerling Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £18k to £15k (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Beerling Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Zena Trust (£15k), Rahmania Education and Community Trust (£15k) and The Exeter Society for the Blind (£15k).