Registered charity · Bradford
Beacon (Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern)
- 9 trustees
- Income £82k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dafton Edward SterlingTrustee · since 2021
- Heather GrinterTrustee · since 2012
- Karen Deborah ThorntonTrustee · since 2024
- Lisa CeesayTrustee · since 2023
- Martin Whitey LewisTrustee · since 2023
- Mary Margaret BrooksTrustee · since 2019
- Miriam TansiaTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Sarah ANN JemisonTrustee · since 2014
- Will SutcliffeTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Bradford City
- Website
- www.beaconbradford.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£82k£80k
- 2024£84k£64k
- 2023£38k£57k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£61k
- 2021£50k£53k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP AMONG THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UK OR WHO ARE REFUGEES WHO RESIDE IN THE BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.
Grants received
6 grants · £115,888 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £39,888 (2 grants)
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £37,000
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £25,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- Allen Lane Foundation · £4,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dafton Edward Sterling since 2021
- Heather Grinter since 2012
- Karen Deborah Thornton since 2024
- Lisa Ceesay since 2023
- Martin Whitey Lewis since 2023
- Mary Margaret Brooks since 2019
- Miriam Tansia since 2026
- Rev Sarah ANN Jemison since 2014
- Will Sutcliffe since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Heather Grinter since 2012
- Mary Margaret Brooks since 2019
- Rev Sarah ANN Jemison since 2014
- Will Sutcliffe since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dafton Edward Sterling since 2021
- Heather Grinter since 2012
- Karen Deborah Thornton since 2024
- Lisa Ceesay since 2023
- Martin Whitey Lewis since 2023
- Mary Margaret Brooks since 2019
- Miriam Tansia since 2026
- Rev Sarah ANN Jemison since 2014
- Will Sutcliffe since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1119463
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 NOVEMBER 2006. as amended on 28 Jan 2020 as amended on 08 Oct 2019 as amended on 28 Jan 2020 as amended on 28 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07506211756 · admin@beaconbradford.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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