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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY TRUST

The trust provides counselling for those who are pregnant and worried, who have post abortion problems or distress about a miscarriage. Free pregnancy testing is available. The counselling is for men as well as women
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/23£26£37£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£33£40£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£24£26£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£50£38£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£21£21£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£21£20£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£21£20£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£24£19£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£23£19£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£21£16£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£18£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£23£19£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£17£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10£12£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09£16£18£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/08£14£21£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£13£5£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£11£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£11£8£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 35 years

www.assure-chelmsford.org.uk

office@assure-chelmsford.org.uk

01245 494838

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Assure Pregnancy & Baby Loss Support
£560 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Assure Pregnancy & Baby Loss Support
£800 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Lighthouse Family Trust
£8,000 14/04/2022
towards the salary of a new part time counsellor supporting individuals with mental health difficulties who have lost a child in pregnancy in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Lighthouse Family Trust
£16,800 20/05/2021
36
towards running costs of a Chelmsford based counselling charity supporting those suffering distress following a pregnancy crisis or loss in mid Essex over three years
Essex Community Foundation - Pregnancy Crisis and Loss Support
£5,000 12/12/2019
23
Towards the running costs of a charity providing support to women who have been affected by a pregnancy crisis or loss in mid Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Relocation capital costs
£10,000 29/10/2019
12
Towards the refurbishment costs of a building to increase the counselling capacity of a charity supporting people suffering distress following a pregnancy loss in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Core costs
£2,865 07/02/2018
8
To support the salary costs of a Chelmsford based organisation supporting women and their partners through crises in pregnancy, birth and termination
Essex Community Foundation - Lighthouse Family Trust
£3,000 30/09/2016
11
Towards the premises cost for a Chelmsford based organisation supporting women and their partners through crises in pregnancy, birth and termination
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • KATHLEEN IRIS PLAYLE Appointed: 2020
  • LORNA JEAN CHESNEY (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • PAUL WITHAMS Appointed: 2020
  • TIMOTHY KEITH PLATTS Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/1990, number: 803069
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

32 WHARF ROAD
CHELMSFORD
ESSEX
CM2 6LU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OF SICKNESS ARISING FROM PREGNANCY, ABORTION, PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE, THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY LIFE AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE SAID COUNTY ON MATTERS RELATING TO SUCH CONDITIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF ESSEX AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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