# FRIENDS OF THE BEACON

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1024925
- **Other names:** THE GUILDFORD HOSPICE APPEAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 13, 1993
- **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=1024925


## Contact

- **Address:** Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice, Waverley Lane, FARNHAM, Surrey
- **Postcode:** GU9 8BL
- **Phone:** 01252729436
- **Email:** mark.beale@pth.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thebeaconservice.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY CARE CENTRE AND RESIDENTIAL HOME AND OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ATTENTION IN THE SOUTH WEST SURREY HEALTH AUTHORITY AREA.

**Activities:** Friends of the Beacon is the charitable body supporting the non NHS activities of the Beacon Centre in Guildford (part of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care) a Palliative Day Care facility for persons suffering from cancer or other life changing/threatening illlness serving patients within the area covered by the Surrey PCT

**Area of benefit:** SOUTH WEST SURREY HEALTH AUTHORITY AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Surrey



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £30482 | £30168 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £62787 | £264368 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £28834 | £33448 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £6963 | £2318 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £66598 | £27916 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Anne Vivien Whelan** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 2, 2022
- ANDREW MICHAEL JACKSON
- Mark Beale — appointed Dec. 13, 2024
- Sarah Persephone Sutherland Church — appointed Aug. 2, 2022
- TONY BENNEWITH