Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 11

LIGHTHOUSE ARTS AND TRAINING LTD

Lighthouse's object and principal activity is to promote art and media culture through training, education, commissions and networking. We provide creative development opportunities for aspiring and practising media artists, animators and filmmakers, whilst also offering innovative participatory opportunities for the wider community to develop their appreciation and enjoyment of media arts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 age and 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 has been volatile recently

Established: 37 years

www.lighthouse.org.uk

info@lighthouse.org.uk

01273647197

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	*	£359	£407	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£527	£507	£20	£100	£1,916	£1,913	45.3	10	0
31/03/21		£527	£435	£92	£300	£1,896	£1,850	51	10	0
31/03/20		£488	£503	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/19		£452	£496	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/18	*	£585	£571	£13	£175	£1,863	£1,723	36.2	8	0
31/03/17	*	£505	£539	£-33	£201	£1,849	£101	2.3	8	0
31/03/16	*	£455	£546	£-91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£572	£635	£-63	£73	£1,973	£221	4.2	8	0
31/03/14	*	£646	£642	£4	£196	£2,037	£246	4.6	7	0
31/03/13		£558	£549	£9	£49	£2,032	£170	3.7	8	0
31/03/12		£567	£506	£60	£45	£2,023	£233	5.5	9	0
31/03/11		£429	£428	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£430	£421	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£510	£519	£-9	£28	£1,952	£186	4.3	7	0
31/03/08		£394	£478	£-84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£296	£383	£-87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£389	£433	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,647	£241	£1,406	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£290	£388	£-98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

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

DCMS	£263,865
Henry Smith Charity	£126,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£15,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lighthouse
£126,000	08/02/2023 36	towards three years' salary and on costs of a Project Assistant and the running costs of a creative industry training scheme for young people from disadvantaged communities in Brighton, East Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Lighthouse Arts & Training Ltd
£5,000	11/03/2022	Funding was provided for the delivery of an Open Sessions programme, a series of six public events aimed at 16-25 year olds in Brighton & Hove.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Lighthouse Arts & Training Ltd
£15,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£117,108	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Lighthouse Case for Support
£146,757	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£114,992	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£114,992	01/04/2018	National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£28,748	01/04/2018	To support National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Lighthouse Arts & Training Ltd
£5,000	16/03/2018 7	Lighthouse is a not-for-profit arts and culture organisation working in the heart of Brighton for over 30 years. Funding was provided to support Viral, a development programme for young people with ....more Lighthouse is a not-for-profit arts and culture organisation working in the heart of Brighton for over 30 years. Funding was provided to support Viral, a development programme for young people with creative skills and ambition.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Lighthouse Arts & Training Ltd
£60,000	12/12/2016 24	Towards VIRAL, enabling young people from diverse backgrounds to engage with and develop skills in digital arts and media.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Lighthouse Arts & Training Ltd
£60,000	01/12/2011	Towards the salary and costs of the programme curator.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-73

ANTONY GOSTYN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE DIRECTORS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION,

ANTONIA BLOCKER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Curator, Other trusteeship: Stanley Arts,

ELLIOTT CUSHNIE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager

JENNIFER LLOYD (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

JU ROW FARR Appointed: 2022

JUDITH RICKETTS Appointed: 2022

LAURA WADE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vp Content & Innovation

MICHAEL COLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

REBECCA GROVES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Programme Manager

SARAH NAOMI LEE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: VIDEO EDUCATIONAL TRUST,

TONY PILGRIM Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Manager Broadcasting

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/1987, number: 296404
Registered at Companies House on 30/06/1986, number: 02032711

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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; AR23: 9 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR07: 61 days late, AR06: 141 days late, AR05: 17 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Lighthouse
28 Kensington Street
Brighton
BN14AJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICURLARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING ALL ARTS WHICH CAN BE COMMUNICATED VISUALLY OR AURALLY BY MEANS OF ELECTRIC, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL OR OTHER METHODS OF TRANSMITTING PERCEIVING HEARING OR RECORDING SOUND OR VISION. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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