The Beit Trust

Analysis

The Beit Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in July 1964, 62 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, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Beit Trust reported income of £3.2m and spending of £4.5m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.2m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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 Beit Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The City Hospice Trust Limited (£3.2m), General Osteopathic Council (£3.2m) and Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research Centre (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.0m. Reserves of £137.7m would cover about 351 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.

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.