The Beacon Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

The Beacon Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Amersham. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01067862). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Beacon Educational Trust Limited reported income of £10.0m and spending of £9.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8.0m to £10.0m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Beacon Educational Trust Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Box Hill School Trust Limited (£10.0m), Heath Mount School Trust Ltd (£10.1m) and National Space Centre (£9.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £18.3m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 139 people.