BEAT THE COLD

Registered charity 1159027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE RELIEF OF FUEL POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF AN INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND REFERRAL SERVICE. PROMOTING THE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY (INCLUDING RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY). THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. SEE MORE AT: WWW.BEATCOLD.ORG.UK

Objects

TO WORK ALONE OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR:? THE RELIEF OF FUEL POVERTY? THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING? THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOME ENERGY TO ENSURE THAT HOMES ARE WARM IN WINTER AND COOL IN SUMMER? THE PROMOTION OF ZERO CARBON HOMESTO BE ACHIEVED BY THE PROVISION OF AN INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT, REFERRAL, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING SERVICE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES (BUT PREDOMINANTLY IN STAFFORDSHIRE, STOKE ON TRENT 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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £88,741 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £378,409. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy target of accumulating sufficient reserves to cover at least 3 months of running expenses, and the current unrestricted general fund balance of £273,254 appears to exceed this threshold based on the stated annual expenditure.

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.

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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LESLEY BENTLEYchair
• Andrew George Wilshaw
• Kathryn Margaret Wileman
• Stuart James Allen

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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