Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES 

Social and educational activities and services for vulnerable women and children
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£200£178£22n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/12/21£85£64£21n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/20£44£21£23n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/19£2£8£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18*£19£15£4£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£20£22£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£23£19£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£22£22£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£14£17£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£12£6£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£2£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

https://lighthouseforwomen.com/

funding@lighthouseforwomen.com

02088001009

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Rosa UK£67,650
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Hackney CVS£52,000
National Lottery Community Fund£22,500
People's Health Trust£20,000
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)£11,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rosa UK - RISE R2-LIGHTHOUSE-2023
£12,900 18/05/2023
Cost of Living Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Rewarming Cold Hearts
£10,000 21/04/2023
The funding will be used to provide a discounted meal delivery service food bank and a lending library of cooking appliances. The project aims to help Orthodox Jewish women facing crisis and fight ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Lighthouse
£5,000 15/03/2023
to support the distribution of food vouchers and warm meals to 42 single-parent families who are affected by food poverty in Hackney and Haringey.
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund A
£11,000 14/02/2023
Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£6,000 31/01/2023
Hot meals delivered to single parent families
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Lighthouse
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Better Mental Health
£46,000 09/09/2022
The Heart Behind the Hurt is a trauma informed initiative supporting single women from BAME background who have endured abusive or complex marriages and struggle with serious mental health issues.
Rosa UK - RISE R1-LIGHTHOUSE-2022
£28,000 19/05/2022
£28,000 has been awarded to Lighthouse Supporting support on strengthening their processes through the purchase of IT equipment and software, and design and launch a new website.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lighthouse
£50,000 02/03/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Lighthouse
National Lottery Community Fund - Join us in the farmhouse!
£2,500 24/09/2021
The funding is to provide a one off event for victims both adult and children suffering from domestic abuse to attend a family open day where mothers and children can connect with each other in a ....more
Rosa UK - WTF-LIGHTHOUSE-2021
£18,750 28/06/2021
£18,750 has been awarded to Lighthouse to support 40 Jewish women in London with mental health support.
Rosa UK - C19 R4-LIGHTHOUSE-2021
£8,000 30/03/2021
A grant of £8,000 was awarded for staffing and project costs of a food distribution project for vulnerable single parent families.
People's Health Trust - DIY Support Group
£20,000 03/02/2021
24
This two-year project aims to provide respite and peer support for vulnerable women and their children living in Hackney, who have experienced a family breakup and divorce, and face a range of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Feel and Heal
£10,000 12/01/2021
11
The funding will be used to provide group counselling and support groups for women that have experienced domestic abuse. The project aims to develop peer support emotional resilience self-esteem ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Lighthouse - Supporting Women Through Stormy Times
£10,000 27/11/2020
6
Lighthouse seeks a grant of £10,000 for our 'Zero Tolerance for Women€™s' rights' to provide individual counselling to women who have suffered domestic abuse and unhealthy relationships.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supportive Getaway
£10,000 24/05/2018
12
The project will organise a residential getaway for women and their children who have suffered following a family breakdown to help increase social integration, confidence, mental health and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/2010, number: 1135433
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR18: 192 days late, AR14: 24 days late, AR10: 3 days late,
Main office

42 Riverside Road
LONDON
N15 6DA

Objectives

(I) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY (A) PROVIDING FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE; (B) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES. (II) TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF WOMEN UNDERGOING DOMESTIC HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT OF SUCH PERSONS.(III) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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