Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/09/22	£33	£40	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/09/21	£24	£26	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/09/20	£50	£38	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/09/19	£21	£21	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
30/09/18	£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	17
30/09/17	£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16	£24	£19	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15	£23	£19	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14	£21	£16	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13	£18	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12	£23	£19	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11	£17	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10	£12	£12	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09	£16	£18	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08	£14	£21	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07	£13	£5	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06	£11	£10	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	£11	£8	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04	£10	£9	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.assure-chelmsford.org.uk

office@assure-chelmsford.org.uk

01245 494838

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

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 (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

FIONA ELIZABETH THOMAS Appointed: 2019

KATHLEEN IRIS PLAYLE Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY TRUST,

LORNA JEAN CHESNEY (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: PLESHEY TRUST OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PLESHEY MISSION TRUST, THE LINGWOOD CHARITABLE TRUST, LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY TRUST,

PAUL WITHAMS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: CHURCH GROWTH TRUST LIMITED, LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY TRUST,

TIMOTHY KEITH PLATTS Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/1990, number: 803069

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 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

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