LIGHTHOUSE - ELY

Registered charity 1070700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIGHTHOUSE, LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN BOOKS AND MUSIC, LIGHTHOUSE PROJECTS, RIVER OF LIFE, THE GARAGE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£252k

Latest spending

£322k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £69,813 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £308,398 to £238,585. The trustees report that assets are available and adequate to fulfil obligations, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters caused concern regarding the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £32k)

“Lighthouse aims to have in place 3 months of expenditure kept in reserve.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lighthouse Ely (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

GILES ANTONY CORNELLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Amina Oguguo · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Fisher
Elizabeth Hunt
Joseph Solomon
Zoe Cutter

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£252k	£322k
31/03/2024	£275k	£291k
31/03/2023	£239k	£284k
31/03/2022	£289k	£265k
31/03/2021	£251k	£202k

Common questions

Is LIGHTHOUSE - ELY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £69,813 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £308,398 to £238,585. The trustees report that assets are available and adequate to fulfil obligations, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters caused concern regarding the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROSA FUND	1	£60k
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH ANGLESEY income £128k
THE LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY CHURCH income £225k
THE LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL income £1.3m
THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH (ALL NATIONS) income £567k
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (UPC) income £118k
LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES income £231k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIGHTHOUSE - ELY	£252k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH ANGLESEY FY2025	£128k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY CHURCH FY2025	£225k	£20,945	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH (ALL NATIONS) FY2025	£567k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (UPC) FY2024	£118k	up to £50,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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