The Eric and Jean Beecham Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Eric and Jean Beecham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Eric and Jean Beecham Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £53k, spending 272% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £37k to £20k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 243% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Eric and Jean Beecham Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Margaret Clitherow School PTA (£20k), Peter Whittingham Foundation (£20k) and The Saffron Walden Youth Outreach Project (£20k).

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.