BEYOND LIMITS

Registered charity 1168962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To primarily relieve poverty and promote and protect good health by providing a retreat centre for those most in need of a place of safety, family reconnection or a break from the stresses of every day life.With life skills courses on budgeting, job seeking and eating healthy on a budget and providing items / goods as appropriate in order to relieve poverty which they could not otherwise afford

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£193k
Latest spending
£160k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased slightly from £198,466 to £192,646, resulting in a cash surplus of £11,708. Unrestricted cash reserves stood at £81,706, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months (25%) running costs of the current year’s expected annual income, plus a contingency of £5,000 (held: £82k)
“The trustees have agreed the amount designated to be held in reserve is to be the equivalent of 3 months (25%) running costs of the current year’s expected annual income, plus a contingency of £5,000” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beyond Limits (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£193k£160k
31/03/2024£198k£168k
31/03/2023£216k£163k
31/03/2022£143k£136k
31/03/2021£116k£87k

Common questions

Is BEYOND LIMITS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased slightly from £198,466 to £192,646, resulting in a cash surplus of £11,708. Unrestricted cash reserves stood at £81,706, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BEYOND LIMITS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEYOND LIMITS as a grant recipient include Point North Community Foundation, THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Point North Community FoundationFY2025£51k
Point North Community FoundationFY2024£25k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATIONFY2023£8k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£6kPoverty
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kRelief of Poverty
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE WILLIAM LEECH CHARITYFY2022£1kMain fund
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound Three - Food Poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England03/03/2026£12kActive Access Pathways Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/12/2025£20kKindness in Action: Restoring Hope and Connection
Sport England16/12/2024£10kBeyond Limits Active Community 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2024£20kEmpowering Communities; Transforming Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2023£10kSocial Events Calendar
Community Foundation North East10/02/2023£5kGrant to Beyond Limits
Community Foundation North East21/07/2022£5kGrant to Beyond Limits
Sport England22/02/2022£9kJubilee Fund - Let's Get Moving
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2021£10kBridging the gap
Community Foundation North East22/04/2021£3kA grant to Beyond Limits
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2021£151kFighting Social Inequality
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2020£20kCovid Response extended services
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kCovid 19 Response and Sustainability Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2019£10kBuilding Connections Through Events
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2016£10kBeyond Limits providing a retreat or camps for disadvantaged families

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEYOND LIMITS£193k—0unclear—no doubt
HEALTH LIMITED FY2025£10.0m£70,001 - £80,000—above5.0%no doubt
SOMEWHERE TO GO LIMITED FY2025£266k—0above—no doubt
PENHURST RETREAT CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£221k—0below—no doubt
THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM FY2025£386k—0unclear—material uncertainty
REACHING THE UNREACHED FY2025£773k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.