BEACON CENTRE TRUST (CARDIFF)

Registered charity 1078396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation and development of The Beacon Centre, a multi-purpose community centre in St Mellons, Cardiff. We provide activities and services to all community members, aiming to improve the physical, mental, social, spiritual and emotional wellbeing of our community.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ST MELLONS, CARDIFF AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION4) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: ST MELLONS, CARDIFF AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and transferred all assets and liabilities to another charity, resulting in net assets of £Nil. The filing reports a significant deficit of £58,511 for the period, driven by costs associated with the transfer agreement and the winding down of activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Leigh Atherton · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Katherine Browne
• Liesa Helen Nottle
• Simon Brown · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).