Beacon: for Rare Diseases Ltd

Analysis

Beacon: for Rare Diseases Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08174973). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Beacon: for Rare Diseases Ltd reported income of £691k and spending of £662k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £325k to £691k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beacon: for Rare Diseases Ltd sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Respect for All (£691k), Derbyshire Voluntary Action (£691k) and The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust (£690k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 7.8%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.8%. Reserves of £64k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.