WE ARE BEAMS

Registered charity 1054129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEAMS, DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM CONSORTIUM LIMITED, DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM CONSORTIUM LTD, THE PARENTS CONSORTIUM, WE ARE BEAMS LTD

We are Beams is a charity providing services to disabled young people and their families. Our services include support, advice, leisure activities. training and short breaks including overnight.

Objects

THE WE ARE BEAMS IS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AND WHERE THEY ARE IN NEED TO FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-25 WITH DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION FACILITIES AND SHORT BREAKS. PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITHOUT A CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF DISABILITY OR IMPAIRMENT MAY ALSO BE OFFERED ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net accounting surplus of £162,169 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total income increased to £2,480,058, while total expenditure was £2,307,135. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the near future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — We Are Beams (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Garrett
• Graham Price
• Jenna Wells
• Rosemarie Neale
• Susan Crocker
• Terri Cox
• mark walker · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PUBLIC ARTS.

• PUBLIC ARTS income £263k
• BEAMSTAFFS income £211k
• THE BEAM FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• HOPES AND BEAMS income £127k
• SUNBEAMS PRE-SCHOOL (RADFORD SEMELE) income £178k
• WESTON SUNBEAMS income £23k

Side by side with its peers

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