THE LIFE AND LIGHT MISSIONS

Registered charity 1046401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC045694 (OSCR)

The charity offers counselling, education and Christian support to all members of the public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSVELY FOR ROMANY GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £267,063 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £921,346 against outgoing resources of £654,283. Per the trustees' report, total retained reserves stood at £4,342,457, providing a strong cash reserve position to mitigate risks associated with economic uncertainty and reliance on community donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Waterfords Europe Limited t/a Jon Avol Waterfords. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £275k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~79.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV JOHN BOYD
• REV JOSEPH MITCHELL
• Rev GEORGE ALBERT ADOLPHUS SMITH

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

Operates in: Moldova · Northern Ireland · Romania · Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES.

• LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES income £1.6m
• LIGHT income £612k
• A-LIFE FAITH CHAPEL income £162k
• LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) income £1.2m
• LIGHT AND LIFE FREE METHODIST CHURCH EAST CORNWALL income £443k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH (ALL NATIONS) income £567k

Side by side with its peers

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