The Beacon Trust

Analysis

The Beacon Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Beacon Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £38k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £78k to £36k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Beacon Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Priory of the Order of the Temple Fund of Benevolence (£36k), Gedney Hill Estate Charity (£36k) and Siyakhanya (£36k).