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THE BEACON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 309911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BEACON SCHOOL

The Beacon Educational Trust Ltd operates as The Beacon, a day preparatory school for boys aged 3 - 13.

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Latest income
£10.0m
Latest spending
£9.8m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £18,256,440, with free reserves calculated at £2,082,938, which is above the Governors' stated policy target of a minimum £2m. Per the trustees' report, net incoming resources fell to £220,591 from £875,905 in the prior year due to VAT introduction and inflationary pressures, though the School remains financially well-placed to continue activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £170,001 - £180,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £130k)
“In the band £170,001 - £180,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £2m (held: £2.1m)
“The Governors' policy is to maintain the company's free reserves at a minimum of £2m, to cover the immediate needs for essential operating expenditure for one term.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£10.0m
Total spending
£9.8m
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£18.3m
Employees
139

Reported reserves equal ~22.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£10.0m£9.8m
31/08/2024£10.0m£9.1m
31/08/2023£9.2m£9.0m
31/08/2022£9.0m£8.3m
31/08/2021£8.0m£7.5m

Common questions

Is THE BEACON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £18,256,440, with free reserves calculated at £2,082,938, which is above the Governors' stated policy target of a minimum £2m. Per the trustees' report, net incoming resources fell to £220,591 from £875,905 in the prior year due to VAT introduction and inflationary pressures, though the School remains financially well-placed to continue activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BEACON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £170,001 - £180,000 band.

Who funds THE BEACON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BEACON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY REDBOURN.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY REDBOURNFY2022£2kCollection/donation

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BEACON SCHOOL PARENTS SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BEACON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£10.0m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt
THE BEACON SCHOOL PARENTS SOCIETY FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
BEACONSFIELD EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD FY2025£6.5m——below—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
THE BEACON EQUITY TRUST FY2025£700k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VERNON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£13.5m£140,001 - £150,000—above—no doubt

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