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THE LANTERN COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1075845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEAHORSES, THE LANTERN RETREAT

To provide supported accommodation and meaningful work activities to residents with a Learning Disability who hold their own tenancy in the charity's property. To provide meaningful work activities to non-residents with a learning disability.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£3.9m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £662,458 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £4,168,126. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £2,367,524, which is equivalent to 6.2 months of continuing operational expenditure, satisfying the charity's own policy target of approximately six months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Dorset County Council (48% of income)
“In particular, Dorset County Council contributed £1,931 ,818 (2024: £1,919,753), or 48.0% (2024: 51.5%), of total income from charitable activities.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately six months of expenditure (held: £2.4m)
“The Trustees consider that there should be cover for at least approximately six months of expenditure.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Three family members of Trustees M Verhoeven and I Verhoeven are employed by The Lantern Community and are remunerated at the same rate as all other employees who are employed in similar roles.
“Three family members of M Verhoeven and I Veroeven, who are both Trustees, are employed by The Lantern Community and are remunerated at the same rate as all other employees who are employed in similar roles.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE LANTERN COMMUNITY (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Lantern Community — Registered, 5 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 31/01/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£3.9m
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
107

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.7m£3.9m
31/03/2024£3.9m£3.6m
31/03/2023£3.7m£3.3m
31/03/2022£2.9m£2.7m
31/03/2021£2.9m£2.9m

Common questions

Is THE LANTERN COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £662,458 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £4,168,126. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £2,367,524, which is equivalent to 6.2 months of continuing operational expenditure, satisfying the charity's own policy target of approximately six months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knight Goodhead Ltd.

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
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£32k
SIR JOHN EASTWOOD FOUNDATION1£20k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LANTERN TRUST WEYMOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LANTERN COMMUNITY£4.7m—0above—no doubt
THE LANTERN TRUST WEYMOUTH FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
LIBURY HALL FY2025£2.2m£60,000 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
LAINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTIVE LUTON FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt

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