BEAT (BELONGING, EMPOWERING AND THRIVING)
Registered charity 1207357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN HAWKSWORTH IN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;(B) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/ OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE; (D) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(E) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME.
Area of benefit: LOCAL
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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £269,902 for the period, driven by a major restricted grant from the Kirkstall Valley Development Trust. Free reserves were held at £2,000, with trustees noting they have not yet adopted a formal reserves policy but plan to target three months of core operating costs in the upcoming year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“At 31 March 2025, free reserves were £2,000 (unrestricted cash excluding fixed assets). The trustees will adopt a formal reserves policy in 2025/26, aiming to build a minimum of 3 months’ core operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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 policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
- REV STEPHEN KAYEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- CHERIE CARTWRIGHT
- DR TIM CLARKE
- TAMSIN MACDONALD
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Leeds City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BEAT (BELONGING, EMPOWERING AND THRIVING) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £269,902 for the period, driven by a major restricted grant from the Kirkstall Valley Development Trust. Free reserves were held at £2,000, with trustees noting they have not yet adopted a formal reserves policy but plan to target three months of core operating costs in the upcoming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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