The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

WE ARE Beams

Registered charity 1054129 Registered since 1996

Operates: Kent

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 10Business services 3Education 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

106 from 75 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
25%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewearebeams.org.uk
Emailadmin@wearebeams.org.uk
Phone01322668501
AddressALLSWORTH COURT, 40 ST. DAVIDS ROAD, SWANLEY, KENT, BR8 7RJ

Finances

£2,480,058 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,877,827£1,480,748
2022£1,762,632£1,692,479
2023£2,027,694£2,131,000
2024£2,125,066£2,169,459
2025£2,480,058£2,307,136

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE WE ARE BEAMS IS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AND WHERE THEY ARE IN NEED TO FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-25 WITH DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION FACILITIES AND SHORT BREAKS. PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITHOUT A CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF DISABILITY OR IMPAIRMENT MAY ALSO BE OFFERED ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 MAR 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 SEP 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JAN 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28 FEB 2017AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06 JUL 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 JUL 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

WE ARE Beams · 03179785 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/03/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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