THE BEVERN TRUST
Registered charity 1103520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEVERN VIEW
The Bevern Trust is a Christian trust founded by parents to provide long stay care and short stay care in a safe, loving and stimulating environment for young people with complex needs arising from profound learning disabilities and other impairments (physical, sensory and communicative).
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The Bevern Trust reported an operating surplus of £89,930 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted liquid reserves standing at £691,212. This reserve level is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £203,000, which is designed to cover working capital, income gaps, and healthcare contingencies. The charity maintains a strong balance sheet with net assets of £2,078,836 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £203,000 (held: £691k)
“The Trustees have set a policy for holding unrestricted liquid reserves of £203,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees have family members who are residents at Bevern View. All transactions have taken place on an arm's length commercial basis.
“A number of trustees have family members who are residents at Bevern View. All transactions have taken place on an arm's length commercial basis and trustees had no influence over the use of resources relating to these transactions.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bevern Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- RUSSELL-VICK, Christine Dawn — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
- MAIN, James Douglas — director, appointed 13/03/2024on trustee list
- MUNDY, Paul Kevin, Reverend — director, appointed 20/12/2019on trustee list
- ADAMSON, Benetta Sara Yolande Kinloch — director, appointed 28/09/2016on trustee list
- SCHUELER, Sandra Elizabeth — director, appointed 09/03/2016on trustee list
- HOUSTON, Nicholas James Findlay — director, appointed 09/04/2014on trustee list
- FROST, Peter George Ashfield, Doctor — director, appointed 12/12/2003on trustee list
- HOUSTON, Nicholas James Findlay — secretary, appointed 30/05/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £560k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Bevern Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 14/02/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Nicholas Houstonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- BENETTA SARA YOLANDE KINLOCH ADAMSON
- Christine Dawn Russell-Vick
- Dr PETER FROST
- James Douglas Main
- Rev Paul Mundy
- SANDRA ELIZABETH SCHUELER
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BEVERN TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The Bevern Trust reported an operating surplus of £89,930 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted liquid reserves standing at £691,212. This reserve level is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £203,000, which is designed to cover working capital, income gaps, and healthcare contingencies. The charity maintains a strong balance sheet with net assets of £2,078,836 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
Who funds THE BEVERN TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BEVERN TRUST as a grant recipient include H C D MEMORIAL FUND, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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