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

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY PROVIDING A RETREAT CENTRE WITH LIFE SKILLS COURSES ON BUDGETING, JOB SEEKING AND EATING HEALTHY ON A BUDGET WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST AND PROVIDING SUCH ITEMS / GOODS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO RELIEVE POVERTY WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST

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 · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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).

• County Durham Community Foundation — “County Durham Community Foundation” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• MALCOLM WELDONchair
• ANDREW BOWMAN
• IAN WILLSON
• LYNDSEY SEONA NICHOLLS
• Paul Finn

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILIES RELIEF.

• FAMILIES RELIEF income £458k
• BEYOND REFLECTIONS income £158k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• UNITED BORDERS income £290k
• ACCOMMODATION CONCERN income £1.9m
• RESTLESS BEINGS income £317k

Side by side with its peers

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