LIGHT INTO EUROPE

Registered charity 1017626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LIGHT INTO EUROPE IS A BRITISH CHARITY FOUNDED IN 1986. SINCE 2004, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEAF AND BLIND COMMUNITIES IN ROMANIA. OUR VISION IS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THE SENSORIAL IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE EXPECTATIONS AND TO BECOME ACTIVE AND ACCEPTED MEMBERS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RESIDENT OR TEMPORARILY LOCATED IN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS ALBANIA, BULGARIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, POLAND BUT IN PARTICULAR CITIZENS OF ROMANIA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES (2) TO ADVANCE AND FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE (3) TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY MEANS OF BIBLE CLASSES, PRAYER AND OTHERWISE

Area of benefit: EASTERN EUROPE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £128,750, with the trustees noting this level is not considered excessive as all reserves are earmarked for continuing aid. The charity reported a net income surplus of £359 for the year, having spent £86,504 against incoming resources of £86,863.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Light into Europe (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stan Platt OBEchair
• ALEXANDER WILLIAM PLATT
• MARK EDWARD PLATT
• Sean Ronald Pendry Dilley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Romania

Income and spending

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