THE BEAM FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1181864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Beam Foundation aims to promote the education of people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, and people with a criminal record by providing assistance in the form of crowdfunded vocational training and support in finding employment once training has been completed.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £226,975 against a policy target of maintaining over £100,000 in cash and cash equivalents. The trustees report that these reserves, combined with minimal annual operating costs of approximately £20,000, provide sufficient resources to sustain operations for approximately ten years without additional income.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: over £100,000 of cash and cash equivalents at all times (held: £227k)
“In June 2021, the Trustees formally adopted a Reserves Policy to maintain reserves of over £100,000 of cash and cash equivalents at all times.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Beam Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Amma Anderson
- Dean Nash
- Malika Kenzhebaeva
- Sarah Bronwen Sommerlad Jordan
- Tristan Thomas
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BEAM FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £226,975 against a policy target of maintaining over £100,000 in cash and cash equivalents. The trustees report that these reserves, combined with minimal annual operating costs of approximately £20,000, provide sufficient resources to sustain operations for approximately ten years without additional income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP.
Who funds THE BEAM FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BEAM FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION, BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY.
Known funders
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