BEYOND THE WALL

Registered charity 292229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THORNHAM FIELD CENTRE, THORNHAM FIELD CENTRE TRUST, THORNHAM WALLED GARDEN

Day provision providing education for people with mixed disabilities and disaffected young people. We specialise in personal development through horticultural skills and promoting life long learning with access to nature.

Objects

The objects of the Charity (the “Objects”) are for the public benefit to: (a) promote, maintain, improve and advance public education in Norfolk and Suffolk by the provision of educational facilities for adults and young people; and (b) relieve the needs of adults and young people with learning difficulties or other forms of disability in particular but not limited to the provision of a community garden facility and associated services providing horticultural-based learning, training, therapy, social development and other opportunities that will maximise their participation in society.

Area of benefit: 1. NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mid Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£238k
Latest spending
£207k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £240,548 are maintained at a level considered by the trustees to be at least £84,000, satisfying their policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting that while the charity is self-sufficient in day-to-day operations based on client income, it relies on grants for additional costs such as major repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £241k)
“It is the policy of the Trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six month’s expenditure.” — page 6
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 05/07/2022, 5 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beyond The Wall (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£238k£207k
31/03/2024£118k£101k
31/08/2023£173k£169k
31/08/2022£158k£133k
31/08/2021£156k£123k

Common questions

Is BEYOND THE WALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £240,548 are maintained at a level considered by the trustees to be at least £84,000, satisfying their policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting that while the charity is self-sufficient in day-to-day operations based on client income, it relies on grants for additional costs such as major repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BEYOND THE WALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEYOND THE WALL as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£5kHomelessness
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£5kGrant category header
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2019£10kKitchen Re-fit
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2005£5kWildlife to neglected areas
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2003£11k"Thornham Walled Garden Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/09/2001£4k"Providing outdoor education, inc. environment and heritage studies, for students and public throughout the year, this charity's project will"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/09/1996£301k"Thornham Walled Garden Restoration"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEW BLENDWORTH CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEYOND THE WALL£238k—0above—no doubt
THE NEW BLENDWORTH CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£455k—0unclear—no doubt
BEYOND REFLECTIONS FY2025£158k—0within0.0%no doubt
BEYOND THE HORIZON CHARITY FY2026£417k—0above—no doubt
MID WARWICKSHIRE SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
BRIGHTER HORIZONS FY2025£945k—0within—no doubt

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