THE BEAMSLEY PROJECT CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 701574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BEAMSLEY PROJECT

The Trust provides short stay facilities for disabled persons and their carers,visiting the Yorkshire Dales, without discrimination as to race, gender, age or creed. It has as a priority the encouragement of independence for the disabled person.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED AND SUCH PERSONS AS HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND MORE PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF A RESIDENTIAL CENTRE AT PART OF THE FORMER BEAMSLEY METHODIST CHAPEL IN NORTH YORKSHIRE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£164k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,038 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds from £396,409 to £377,371. The trustees note that while the capital position remains satisfactory, increasing energy costs and National Insurance contributions will necessitate higher accommodation charges. The charity maintains a contingency reserve of £45,000, which aligns with its stated reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from accommodation (81% of income)
“Income from accommodation 97,524” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £45,000 (reserves figure: £45k)
“Our reserves policy has been raised to £45,000 which is considered as sufficient in the event of:- a) Unforeseen interruption of up to 6 months of accommodation for our visitors. b) The renewal of expensive and essential equipment should other funding not be available.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The building used by the Project is on a 30-year lease from the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes.
“The building used by the Project is on a 30-year lease from the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Much practical help and support is given by many Methodists in our region.”
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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 8

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

  • Volunteers: 4

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

  • Volunteers: 4

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£147k£164k
31/03/2025£121k£139k
31/03/2024£117k£141k
31/03/2023£107k£147k
31/03/2022£146k£114k

Common questions

Is THE BEAMSLEY PROJECT CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,038 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds from £396,409 to £377,371. The trustees note that while the capital position remains satisfactory, increasing energy costs and National Insurance contributions will necessitate higher accommodation charges. The charity maintains a contingency reserve of £45,000, which aligns with its stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BEAMSLEY PROJECT CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BEAMSLEY PROJECT CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATION, THE ASAMAA CHARITABLE TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kHealth and social welfare of adults
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kMedical research
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2023£8kHealth and social welfare of adults
THE ASAMAA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£2kCommunity support
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government18/09/2020£4kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2018£10kSecret Sensory Wildlife Garden
Northern Rock Foundation10/11/1998£20kGrant awarded to The Beamsley Project Charitable Trust (Northern)

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GEARSTONES LODGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BEAMSLEY PROJECT CHARITABLE TRUST£147k—0unclear—no doubt
GEARSTONES LODGE FY2025£45k——above—no doubt
THE LIN BERWICK TRUST FY2024£4k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TRUELOVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£49k—0within—no doubt
THE JOHN TURLEY MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025£89k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DEVIZES AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt

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