The Patricia Beecham Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Patricia Beecham Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1986, 40 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 Patricia Beecham Charitable Settlement reported income of £25k and spending of £70k, spending 275% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £39k to £25k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 137% 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 Patricia Beecham Charitable Settlement sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shaw-Cum-Donnington Village Hall (£25k), Charity of Thomas Barton (£26k) and Birmingham Municipal Charity (£25k).