Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

LIGHTHOUSE - ELY 

ADVANCE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH: CHURCH SERVICES GENERAL SUPPORT AND RELIEF WORK BOTH IN THE UK AND ABROAD. YOUTH, ELDERLY AND CHILDREN SUPPORT RELIEF OF THE HOMELESS THE POOR AND THE NEEDY HELP TO SICK, THE AGED AND OTHERS IN NEED. PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE IN EAST CAMBS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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
  • 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
31/03/23£239£284£-45n/an/an/an/an/a110
31/03/22£289£265£23n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£251£202£49n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/20*£225£209£17n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£196£195£1n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/18£196£179£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£165£158£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£184£174£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£202£201£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£221£217£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£207£210£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£208£232£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£273£265£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£266£269£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£238£244£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£189£193£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£189£193£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£166£142£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£154£156£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£230£237£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.lighthouse-ely.org

info@lighthouse-ely.org

01353 662228

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 110 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
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 28/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 23/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/07/1998, number: 1070700
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

The Lighthouse Church
13 Lynn Road
ELY
CB7 4EG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING AND GROWING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND AS A CHURCH IN ELY CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PLACE OR PLACES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD AS SHALL BE DECIDED UPON BY PROCLAIMING AND FURTHERING THE GOSPEL OF GOD CONCERNING HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND THE PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE UNCOMPROMISED WORD OF GOD (THE GOSPEL) CONSISTENCY WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH (THE DOCTRINES) SET FORTH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ELY CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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