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THE BEIT TRUST

Registered charity 232478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees' objectives are to provide assistance in the fields of education, health, welfare and the environment strictly within the beneficial area. Individual grants do not normally exceed GBP50,000 and assistance in the field of education is normally restricted to secondary and tertiary education.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £133.6m, which effectively serve as a reserve for its activities given the absence of a specific policy target. The Trust operates on a total return basis, relying on investment income and capital growth to fund its charitable objectives and support costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“There was 1 employee who earned between £100k - £110k and 1 employee who earned between £60k £70k” — page 20
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £2.8m
“The unfunded pension liability was calculated by actuaries, The Cartwright Group, as £2,835,652 at 31 December 2024.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£394k
Reserves (reported)
£130.7m
Employees
6

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 14.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Malawi · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.8m£3.7m
31/12/2023£3.0m£3.9m
31/12/2022£2.6m£3.0m
31/12/2021£2.4m£3.1m
31/12/2020£2.3m£2.9m

Common questions

Is THE BEIT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £133.6m, which effectively serve as a reserve for its activities given the absence of a specific policy target. The Trust operates on a total return basis, relying on investment income and capital growth to fund its charitable objectives and support costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TRUEDENE CO LIMITED1£101k
THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, NORTHFIELD BIRMINGHAM1£12k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Bedford School Foundation Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BEIT TRUST£2.8m—2unclear—no doubt
Bedford School Foundation Trust FY2025£2.7m—0above—no doubt
Becht Foundation FY2024£8.5m$250,001 - $260,0002unclear—no doubt
WILLIAM PALMER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
BHAGVATINANDJI HEALTH AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£148k—0above—no doubt
THE GRANTHAM YORKE TRUST FY2025£283k—0unclear—no doubt

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