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2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date 01 January 2024

Period end date 31 December 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1187918 Charity's principal address 1 Chapel Cottage Upper Street Witnesham Postcode IP6 9ER

BEAM

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Cherie Parnell CEO
Julia Farmer Treasurer
Julie Abernethy
Catherine
Cracknell

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

Elected by existing trustees Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

BEAM’s charitable purpose is to relieve the need of birth mothers whose children do not live permanently in their care through the provision of confidential peer to peer support group meetings, one to one meetings, telephone and online support and raising awareness of the problems facing birth mothers.

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Our Vision is to provide a safe, confidential place for BEAM birth mothers to be valued, strengthened and to fulfil their potential through peer to peer support.

Our Mission is to build a network of women, groups and organisations raising awareness and support for birth mothers apart from their children.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Our Values include giving birth mothers opportunities to support one another with a determination not to judge any birth mother who comes to BEAM; the commitment to really listen to each mother and to value their ‘voice’, particularly as these are women who are often not heard; we seek to shine a light on each mother’s resilience and resourcefulness, recognising they have overcome overwhelming obstacles and trauma.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

BEAM has a number of volunteers who help support the mothers with the various activities taking place each year, together with the running of the Wellbeing Course and Carry on BEAMing online.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

BEAM was very active throughout the year. We continued to provide Art Wellbeing groups on alternate Mondays in Ipswich. These are well supported and led by our BEAM mums and an art therapist. We were delighted to welcome Essex Social Services Mothers’ Group to join this group. We also held four online Wellbeing courses (12 weeks) for mums all over the country which serves as an introduction to BEAM and other mothers. These courses are always well received. Another online service provided by BEAM is Carry On BEAMing. This year we were delighted to have author Helen Jacey lead a creative writing course for BEAM mums. This proved to be so successful that BEAM was able to produce its own fictional book comprising of many chapters, each one being written by a BEAM mum and which drew on their experiences of child loss. We even had our own book launch in London, hosted by Team Lewis at their brand new offices at Battersea Power Station. Many of the mums involved in writing the book were able to travel to London from all over the country to celebrate their wonderful achievement. There were many invited guests which included Dame Penny Mordaunt, Mike Blows, Forensic Child and Family Psychologist and Judith Kesteven, former social worker who is part of the Cambridge Centre for Attachment. It is intended that this book, One Drop Holds the Sun will be available for purchase online. Other social events for our mums included a local firework display in November and our annual Christmas party. We were invited once again to decorate a Christmas tree at the Annual Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary le Tower Church in Ipswich and collected gift parcels from the River Church in Ipswich for each of the local BEAM mums. We were also invited to the Team Lewis annual summer party in London. We met with mums to provide additional support where needed, which included attending Turning Point with a BEAM mum and supporting her to go to rehab; supporting a BEAM mum who was pregnant and needed assistance at social services meetings; supporting a BEAM mum who was undergoing a Parenting Assessment by Social Services; and writing numerous letters of reference and support for mothers seeking work or attending court. This year was also a busy year for providing training to other organisations. We provided assistance, advice and support to The Haven Project in Liverpool in setting up a BEAM style group; we delivered a training event for Adopt NorthEast to assist practitioners working with birth mothers; we liaised with practitioners around the country and built good relationships and connections for the birth mothers; we spoke at Framlingham Baptist Church, where one of our BEAM mums worships, about the work of BEAM; and we attended online professionals meetings with PACT. We also ran a Safeguarding Training Session for new volunteers and ambassadors at BEAM and arranged for Bal Howard to deliver training to our mums on Dealing with Trauma. We were also delighted that our CEO and one of our BEAM mums was interviewed by the BBC, both on the regional television station and an online BBC national news story to talk about the book and about BEAM. It was great publicity and a wonderful end to the year.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Julia Farmer

Full name(s) Julia Farmer Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 10.10.25

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Charity Name
BEAM		 Charity Name
BEAM		 Charity Name
BEAM		 No (if any)
1187918		 No (if any)
1187918		 No (if any)
1187918		 CC16a
For the period
from		 Period start date
01/01/2024		 To Period end date
31/12/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
4,398
620
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5,018
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5,018
4,308
165
157
1,590
2,354
117
25
92
182
242
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9,232
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9,232
- 4,214
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- 4,214		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
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980
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980
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980
175
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697
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108
980
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980
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funds
to the nearest £
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to the nearest £
4,398
620
980
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5,998
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5,998
4,483
165
157
1,590
3,051
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92
182
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10,212
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10,212
- 4,214		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations 4,398 16,325
Fundraising 620 280
Grant - SheDunnit(book) - 500
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Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 5,018 17,105
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
17,105

Therapeutic activities		 4,308 4,998
Supervision 165 495
Insurance 157 224
Subscriptions 1,590 494
Hotel & Travel 2,354 2,264
Telephone 117 356
IT 25 492
Postage 92 161
Admin costs 182 3,132
Sundries 242 497
Fundraisingexpenses - 39
**Sub total ** 9,232 13,152
A4 Asset and investment
~~purchases (see table)~~
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Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
13,152
- 4,214 - - - 4,214 3,953
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- 4,214 - - - 4,214 3,953

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank account
Brought forward fund
Surplus for the year
Details
Details
Admin laptop
Details
Signature
Julia Farmer		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
6,650
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2,436
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Agreement Error
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
2,436
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Unrestricted
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Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
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Print Name
Julia Farmer		 Endowment
funds
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Endowment
funds
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(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Julia Farmer Julia Farmer 10.10.25

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

18/10/2025

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