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The Beacon Bursary Fund (Icw the Beacon Boys Preparatory School)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 310643AmershamEducation and training
Income£50k2025-04-05
Spending£70ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause66th pctEducation and training
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Beacon Bursary Fund (Icw the Beacon Boys Preparatory School) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Amersham. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Beacon Bursary Fund (Icw the Beacon Boys Preparatory School) reported income of £50k and spending of £70k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £45k to £50k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Bursary Fund (Icw the Beacon Boys Preparatory School) sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Ffestiniog (£50k), Hurst Primary School Parents Association (£50k) and The Friends of Woodcote Primary School (£50k).

Income and spending

£0£26k£52k£78k£103k2021 Income: £45,0572021 Spending: £103,39520212022 Income: £45,2832022 Spending: £13,10920222023 Income: £45,0552023 Spending: £25,04320232024 Income: £55,4152024 Spending: £7,87120242025 Income: £49,9362025 Spending: £69,7482025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity provides financial assistance in case of need for the education of pupils of the Beacon Educational Trust Ltd (The Beacon).

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Cylch Meithrin FfestiniogGwynedd£50k
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