Beaconwild Ltd

Registered charity 216779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBEYFIELD SOUTH DOWNS LIMITED, THE ABBEYFIELD EASTBOURNE SOCIETY LIMITED

The provision of sheltered housing for elderly people

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating surplus of £27,612 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a narrowing of the operating deficit from the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £10,205,792, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three months' anticipated operating expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirmed the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' anticipated operating expenditure (held: £10.2m)

“Unrestricted cash funds not designated for specific use are held at a level equivalent to at least three months’ anticipated operating expenditure.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A child of a trustee was employed during the year, the total remuneration, including social security and pension costs, for this employee amounted to £2,467

“A child of a trustee was employed during the year, the total remuneration, including social security and pension costs, for this employee amounted to £2,467 (2024: £Nil)” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£2.2m

Reserves (reported)

£10.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~55.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID BYRNE
Dr IRINA CONLAN
IAN ARTHUR THOMAS · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Kathleen Sorenson
John Michael Timbs
MALCOLM PARIS
Nolan Taylor
Peter James Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.2m	£2.2m
31/03/2024	£4.3m	£2.1m
31/03/2023	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2022	£998k	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£970k	£913k

Common questions

Is Beaconwild Ltd financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating surplus of £27,612 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a narrowing of the operating deficit from the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £10,205,792, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three months' anticipated operating expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirmed the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY.

THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY income £355k
THE JAMES CHARITIES income £519k
THE ABBEYFIELD SANDERSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED income £147k
ALLANDALE CARE GROUP LIMITED income £1.6m
ABBEYFIELD WESSEX SOCIETY LIMITED income £7.1m
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Beaconwild Ltd	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES CHARITIES FY2025	£519k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD SANDERSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALLANDALE CARE GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ABBEYFIELD WESSEX SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£7.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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