Registered charity (CIO) · Bishop Auckland
Beyond Limits
Beyond Limits is a registered charity (number 1168962) based in Bishop Auckland, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Malcolm Weldon since 2016. Latest income £193k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £193k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Durham, Stockton-on-tees, Darlington
- Website
- www.beyondlimitscharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£193k£160k
- 2024£198k£168k
- 2023£216k£163k
Earlier years
- 2022£143k£136k
- 2021£116k£87k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY PROVIDING A RETREAT CENTRE WITH LIFE SKILLS COURSES ON BUDGETING, JOB SEEKING AND EATING HEALTHY ON A BUDGET WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST AND PROVIDING SUCH ITEMS / GOODS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO RELIEVE POVERTY WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.
Grants received
59 grants · £590,773 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 · £270,318 (10 grants)
- Point North · £144,105 (33 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £80,000 (6 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £33,600
- Sport England · £32,250 (3 grants)
Most recent
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Malcolm Weldon Chair since 2016
- Andrew Bowman since 2023
- IAN Willson since 2020
- Lyndsey Seona Nicholls since 2016
- Paul Finn since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Malcolm Weldon Chair since 2016
- IAN Willson since 2020
- Lyndsey Seona Nicholls since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Malcolm Weldon Chair since 2016
- Andrew Bowman since 2023
- IAN Willson since 2020
- Lyndsey Seona Nicholls since 2016
- Paul Finn since 2023
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1168962
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 30 Aug 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07861714779 · beyondlimitscharity@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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