THE BEVAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1104191 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bevan Foundation develops solutions to inequality and injustice, aiming to tackle the root causes of social and economic problems, especially in Wales. We use evidence to develop new policies and practice, and encourage debate by publishing our own and others? work and organising events.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE IN WALES THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PUBLIC POLICY AND THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS;(II) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN THESE FIELDS AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;(III) TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE TRUSTEES") SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income rose to £620,451 while total expenditure was £466,236, resulting in a surplus on unrestricted funds of £2,698. The charity holds £120,586 in unrestricted funds, of which £80,000 is designated, leaving £38,425 in free reserves which the trustees consider adequate to cover support and governance costs.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04175018

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bevan Foundation (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.

• SALTMARSH, Benjamin Gregory — director, appointed 02/07/2026on trustee list
• HALLAM, Eleanor Rose, Dr — director, appointed 02/07/2026on trustee list
• HOWELLS, Emma Caroline — director, appointed 02/07/2026on trustee list
• JOHNES, Manon Sara — director, appointed 02/07/2026on trustee list
• BEGUM, Rusna — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• OWEN, Tomos Rhys — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• SHOBIYE, Laura Olufemi, Dr — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• DUBASH, Sabrina Rahim — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Gavin Paul Billy — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• CHOWN, John Beresford — director, appointed 29/01/2020on trustee list
• HUGHES, Monica Lynne — director, appointed 01/06/2018on trustee list
• POWER, Sally Anne Ruth, Doctor — director, appointed 01/06/2018on trustee list
• DUBASH, Sabrina Rahim — secretary, appointed 01/07/2026

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 15.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gavin Paul Billy Thompsonchair
• Benjamin Gregory Saltmarsh
• Dr Eleanor Rose Hallam
• Dr Laura Olufemi Shobiye
• Dr Sally Power · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emma Caroline Howells
• John Beresford Chown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynne Hughes
• Manon Sara Johnes
• Rusna Begum · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sabrina Rahim Dubash · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tomos Rhys Owen

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DEWAN FOUNDATION LIMITED.

• THE DEWAN FOUNDATION LIMITED income £428k
• FAIR TREATMENT FOR THE WOMEN OF WALES income £211k
• BLEVINS FRANKS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £50k
• THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION income £4.2m
• VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST income £759k
• THE PWC FOUNDATION income £947k

Side by side with its peers

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