The Beacon Community Association

Analysis

The Beacon Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2026, The Beacon Community Association reported income of £29k and spending of £31k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £25k to £29k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Beacon Community Association sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mindful Foundation (£29k), The Tingewick Trust (£29k) and Ds43 Community Defibrillators (£29k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.