Beat Routes

Analysis

Beat Routes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Beat Routes reported income of £419k and spending of £265k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £292k to £419k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beat Routes sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingswood Community Transport (£419k), Harborough Town Community Trust (£419k) and Daventry Area Community Transport (£419k).