Beacon Trust

Analysis

Beacon Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Beacon Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £47k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £51k to £46k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Beacon Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holy Ghost Tabernacle Ministry (£46k), Bli Shem Ltd (£46k) and Ugandaid (£46k).

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.