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Registered charity (CIO) · Bridport

Beacon Church Bridport

Beacon Church Bridport is a registered charity (number 1161182) based in Bridport, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Heather Hooper since 2023. Latest income £185k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Beacon Church (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £185k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Devon, Dorset
Website
www.beaconchurchbridport.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£185k£60k
  • 2024£83k£58k
  • 2023£64k£43k
Earlier years
  • 2022£67k£13k
  • 2021£20k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS AS SPECIFIED BY THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE, IN BRIDPORT AND SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDON OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY, AND;(2)TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK OR WHO HAVE ADDICTION ISSUES AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN BRIDPORT AND SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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.

4 trustees on the board

7.5y median 7.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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

Arts and leisure 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£185k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1161182
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Apr 2015
Contact on the register
01308 456031 · office@beaconchurchbridport.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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