BEMIX

Registered charity 1205783 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEMIX CIC · filing overdue (register status)

At bemix we believe you should be seen, be heard and belong. People with learning difficulties and/or autism are often not fully involved in our society. We want to change that. We run projects which support people to learn skills, gain qualifications and become more confident and independent. We work with employers, businesses and services to make sure their work is inclusive.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net negative movement in funds of £193,821 for the year ended 31 July 2024. Per the auditor's report, total liabilities exceed total assets by £112,323, indicating a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the charity incurred a net negative movement in funds during the year ended 31 July 2024 of £193,821, and, as of that date, the charity’s total liabilities exceed its total assets by £112,323. As stated in Note 2, these events or conditions, along with other matters as set forth in Note 2, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“In our opinion the financial statements, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statements: • give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 July 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year end ended;” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The comparative figures included within these financial statements were not subject to a statutory audit.
“The comparative figures included within these financial statements were not subject to a statutory audit. Nevertheless, we have obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence that the opening balances do not contain misstatements that materially affect the current period’s financial statements.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
73

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025——
31/07/2024£1.5m£1.7m

Common questions

Is BEMIX financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net negative movement in funds of £193,821 for the year ended 31 July 2024. Per the auditor's report, total liabilities exceed total assets by £112,323, indicating a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds BEMIX?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEMIX as a grant recipient include THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£55k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/04/2025£333kBe A Leader

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 IN THE MIX YOUTH PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEMIX£1.5m——unclear—material uncertainty
IN THE MIX YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
THE MIX STOWMARKET LTD FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
BE ME PROJECT FY2025£235k—0unclear—no doubt
AUTISM VOICE LTD FY2025£194k—0unclear—no doubt
DDMIX TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt

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