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Beacon Trust Helensburgh

SC023059Registered charity from 28 September 1994
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By The Beacon Trust
Address 4 West Montrose Street
Helensburgh
Postcode G84 9JS
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The purpose and objects of the Trust are to relieve poverty in Helensburgh and the surrounding areas and in furtherance thereof to distribute goods and funds to those persons demonstrably capable of showing a genuine need of the same and to do all things as will properly attain the above purpose and objects.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trust has for 30 years provided a service recycling furniture and household items in order to supply them at low cost to those in need in the Helensburgh area of Argyle and Bute. Frequently the Trust responds to requests from social services organisations to help individuals in need who are moving into new housing. We are also able to sell fully tested electrical appliances and household goods at affordable prices to fund our day to day operations. The Trust is entirely staffed by volunteers and operates a shop to sell recycled items ranging from white goods to bedding and kitchen utensils. We also operate a van to pick up and deliver furniture and white goods.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Sept 1994
Main Operating Location: Argyll And Bute
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £29,041 £29,370 15 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £21,937 £12,934 29 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £21,362 £12,139 12 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £17,662 £14,176 07 Nov 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
David Speed
Paul Allen
Arnold Carson
Andrea Bridge
Katalin Byrne
Ian Trotter
Clive Charters
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