Software for public services
Beam
Beam, at beam.org, builds Beam Notes, which writes case notes for social workers. It also handles calls and live translation for councils, health teams and nonprofits.
- Based in London, New York and Melbourne
- 180 people in 2025
- Founded 2017
- 34 open roles
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“Revenue reached about $14.2M in 2025. A year earlier it was about $8.4M. The company still loses money. That revenue combines software with housing and employment services. Seventeen of 34 open roles are in London. Sales and customer success roles are also open in the US and Australia.”
Jack’s take on Beam
The questions people ask Jack about Beam
Revenue reached about $14.2M in 2025
These bars show group revenue for Beam Up Ltd, which operates beam.org, including its US sales subsidiary. The accounts report 56% growth in sterling, from £6.7 million to £10.5 million. The dollar bars rise by about 68% because the pound was stronger at the end of 2025. Pounds are converted at the ECB rate on the last day of each year.
The directors say the operating loss fell from 91% of revenue to 67%.
It holds ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus and an NHS data security rating of Standards Exceeded.
No layoffs reported.
The group lost about $9.3M in 2025. The 2024 loss was about $7.5M. Cash fell from about $12.0M to about $7.9M. Almost all of the revenue was earned in the UK. The accounts combine software with housing and employment services in one revenue line.
It drew about $2.7M of venture debt in February 2026
Chalfen Ventures
Isomer
Triple PointThe debt is from HSBC Innovation Bank, and Beam can draw about $4.1M more before the end of 2026. Beam has not announced a valuation or the size of its equity rounds. The funds above, plus Robin Klein and Graham Hobson, are on the Beam Up Ltd share register in February 2026. Michael Chalfen, who runs Chalfen Ventures, is a director.
Average headcount rose from 151 to 180 in 2025
These bars show the average number of employees each month at the Beam Up Ltd group, including directors. Beam Up US Inc., the US sales subsidiary, shows no staff cost of its own.
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Its two cofounders run it, with a commercial leader from GoCardless and a finance director from Faculty
Alex and Seb started Beam in 2017. Alex was CEO of JustPark. Seb had spent years in homelessness and healthcare, most recently at NHS England. Alex is the controlling shareholder. Rachel Astall joined from GoCardless in 2022. She became chief commercial officer in December 2025. Stephanie Wickes, the finance director, joined from Faculty in May 2025.
Its London team is hybrid in Hoxton, with offices in New York and Melbourne
Where. London is the headquarters. Those roles are hybrid from the Hoxton office. The US office is in Flatiron, New York. Many US roles are remote. The Melbourne office opened in 2025.
Tools. Product engineers build in Ruby on Rails, TypeScript and React, with PostgreSQL on Google Cloud. They call OpenAI and Claude.
The pace. Its values ask people to raise the pace and to aim high.
Time off. In the UK, paid time off is up to 30 days plus public holidays. A sabbatical of up to 6 weeks is available after 3 years.
Benefits. UK employees are eligible for the share scheme and get private health insurance. US roles include health insurance and a 401(k).
3 published pilots cut admin time by 40% to 68%
Fairfax CountyChild welfare pilot with 38 practitioners cut admin time by 40%, and note quality was rated 9 out of 10.
Swindon Borough CouncilA 4-month pilot across 184 meetings cut admin time by 63%. Every caseworker in it wanted to keep Notes.
Kingston CouncilIt was the first local agency to pilot Notes. Its adult services team cut admin time by 68%.Its technology has been used in more than 4 million meetings.
Notes summaries are rated 4.6 out of 5.
Customer data is not used to train models without the customer’s agreement.
These figures come from pilots rather than from every customer. A practitioner reviews the draft before it is filed.
What people tell Jack
“They have highly intelligent people who are there for the right reasons.”
Open roles
Beam has 34 open roles on its careers page. 21 list the UK, 8 list the US and 5 list Australia. Pick a place and a team to see the roles and Jack’s read.
Jack’s read for engineering
6 open roles
- 6 engineering roles are open, hybrid in London or remote in the UK.
- The ladder runs from senior product engineer to principal, and includes an engineering manager.
Jack’s read for product
5 open roles
- It is hiring a VP of product in London, with a product lead, a senior product manager, a senior product designer and a senior product analyst.
- Beam Notes turns a recording or an upload into a draft case note in the team’s own template.
Jack’s read for sales
7 open roles
- 7 open roles are account executive jobs, in the UK, on the US East Coast and in Mid-America, on the US West Coast, and in Melbourne.
- The UK account executive sells into the US market. The other account executive roles are in the US or Melbourne.
Jack’s read for customer success and enablement
10 open roles
- Customer success roles are open in London, including French, Italian and Spanish speakers, and in the US and Melbourne.
- Enablement hiring covers a founding delivery executive in Melbourne and a user enablement specialist in London.
Jack’s read for marketing
4 open roles
- It is hiring storytelling leads in the US and Melbourne, plus a product marketing manager and a content creator in London.
Jack’s read for people
1 open role
- The senior people partner in London owns employee relations, including performance and investigations.
Jack’s read for security
1 open role
- The security operations lead is the first dedicated security operations role. It reports to the chief information risk officer. The role covers 6 deployments in 4 regions.
35 new roles from late July through October
New roles each week worldwide, from the week of July 20 to the week of October 26, 2026. The counts come from our daily checks of its careers page. The first week of checks is left out, because it counted roles already open.
Closed roles27 since July 17, when our checks began
The most recent, as of November 7, 2026.
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Jack & Jill isn’t Beam’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from Beam’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Beam’s own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 7, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.