The James Beattie Charitable Trust

Analysis

The James Beattie Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in May 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The James Beattie Charitable Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £86k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £64k to £46k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 186% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The James Beattie Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Victoria Hall Tisbury Ltd (£46k), Reddings and District Community Association (£46k) and The Haydn Abbott Charitable Trust (£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.