# THE BEARR TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1011086
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 18, 1992
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1011086


## Contact

- **Address:** The BEARR Trust, Voluntary Action Islington, 200A Pentonville Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 9JP
- **Phone:** 02079227849
- **Email:** info@bearr.org
- **Website:** www.bearr.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE POVERTY,ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE IN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE DEEMED BY ENGLISH LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENARALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING WHETHER ACADAMIC OR VOCATIONAL TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL AND TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP IN RUSSIA AND THE REPUBLICS BEING THE TERRITORIES OF THE FORMER UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS.

**Activities:** The BEARR Trust is a UK-based organisation set up to help children and other vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We believe the best way to do this is to help small civil society organisations (CSOs) working in health and social welfare in the region to build knowledge, know-how, skills and contacts, including with those doing similar work in the UK.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £147292 | £183478 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £244576 | £236620 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £450617 | £415881 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £82557 | £69982 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £58328 | £62878 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **NICOLA FRANCES ELIZABETH RAMSDEN** (Chair) — appointed March 12, 1997
- ANN LEWIS CMG — appointed March 12, 1997
- Charles Garrett — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- Clare Brooks — appointed April 4, 2024
- Dr Michael Rasell — appointed April 30, 2013
- Helen Goodman — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- JANET GUNN CMG — appointed Oct. 7, 2010
- MEGAN BICK
- Marcia Levy — appointed March 12, 1997
- ROSS EDWARD ROBERT GILL — appointed Oct. 22, 2015
- Sam Thorne — appointed Dec. 7, 2023