BEACON BOOKS AND CRAFTS LIMITED

Registered charity 517778 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity runs a bookshop in Cwmbran town centre. As part of the operation, many of the customers also seek to share burdens and are prayed for: effective counselling.

Objects

ADVANCE RELIGION BY SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

Area of benefit: SOUTH WALES

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a trading deficit for the year, with net resources generated of £3,526 compared to a deficit of £(4,748) in the prior year. The trustees report that the combination of careful management and gift income maintained the financial stability of the shop despite the deficit. Unrestricted reserves increased to £3,556, financed by unrestricted funds and long-term loans.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02030402

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CRABB, Huw David — director, appointed 15/10/2018on trustee list
• COX, John Albert — director, appointed 01/10/2005on trustee list
• THOMAS, Arthur Robert — director, appointed 01/10/2005not on trustee list
• JONES, Trevor James — secretary, appointed 01/01/1999

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BOB THOMAS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr JOYCE JANET MCGOWAN
• Huw David Crabb
• JOHN ALBERT COX
• Trevor Jones · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Torfaen

Income and spending

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