Beaminster Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Beaminster Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in December 1980, 46 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. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Beaminster Relief in Need Charity reported income of £23k and spending of £14k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £23k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beaminster Relief in Need Charity sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masoyi Trust (UK) (£23k), Samaritans of Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead (£23k) and Children of the Tropics (North-East Brazil) (£23k).