Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST

Registered charity 1045077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CANDLELIGHTERS SUPPORTS THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY & HAEMATOLOGY UNIT IN LEEDS. FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR HARDSHIP GRANTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, HOLIDAYS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OR LEUKAEMIA AT THE UNIT; MEDICAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL; NURSING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT STAFF AND RESEARCH INTO CHILDHOOD CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £2,041,295, which is slightly above the trustees' target range of £1.5 million to £2.0 million, largely due to investment gains. However, the trustees note that the charity may experience deficits in forthcoming years due to inflationary pressures and a challenging fundraising environment, despite total income increasing to £1,903,375.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Corporate (32% of income)
“Corporate income of £540,103 was in line with budgeted expectations” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 30.8% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The cost of raising funds of £585,250 was £42,214 higher than prior year.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between £1.5 million and £2.0 million (held: £2.0m)
“The policy is that free reserves should be no lower than £1.0 million with a target level of between £1.5 million and £2.0 million.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Candlelighters Trading Limited
“The subsidiary was dormant and had net assets of £26,807 (2024: £26,807).” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Thomas Coombs Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

CANDLELIGHTERS TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is dormant with no trading activity; net assets equal called up share capital.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Candlelighters Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £308k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£585k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£1.9m£2.1m
29/02/2024£1.8m£2.6m
28/02/2023£2.1m£2.0m
28/02/2022£1.5m£2.1m
28/02/2021£2.2m£1.6m

Common questions

Is THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £2,041,295, which is slightly above the trustees' target range of £1.5 million to £2.0 million, largely due to investment gains. However, the trustees note that the charity may experience deficits in forthcoming years due to inflationary pressures and a challenging fundraising environment, despite total income increasing to £1,903,375. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thomas Coombs Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

Who funds THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION, THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£35kResearch costs
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2022£34k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£9k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kHealth
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
THE JACK BRUNTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government11/08/2020£38kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST4£40k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED3£18k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION3£13k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST3£7k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION2£214k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO2£36k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUST2£14k
FRAZER TRUST2£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST£1.9m£70,001 - £80,000—above30.8%no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP FY2025£5.5m——below—no doubt
ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST FY2025£2.8m£80,001 - £90,0003below—no doubt
STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FY2025£4.0m——within—no doubt
Shine A Light Childhood Cancer Support FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.