LIGHTHOUSE EDUCATION SERVICE

Registered charity 1091641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LES offers tailor-made education, health,leisure,learning and support strategies to help improve the well-being of children, young people and communities.Activities & services available:1)James Kane Nursery2)Lighthouse Saturday School3)Online Homework Club4)Health and Keep Fit Classes 5)The Lighthouse Group, T-base Centre-project-aimed young people at risk of exclusion from school.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY;(A) THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, MUSIC AND OTHER SUBJECTS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE;(B) THE PROVISION OF COMPUTER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND TECHNICAL OR OTHER SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND IN SO DOING TO HELP THEM IN REALISING THEIR FULL LEARNING POTENTIAL AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT."

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£64k
Latest spending
£66k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,857 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £12,835 to £10,978. The trustees' report indicates a reserve policy target of six months' operating costs, which the current reserves do not meet. The filing confirms the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11k; policy: six months operating costs)
“The trustees consider the desirable level of reserves for this purpose to be a minimum of six months operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£64k£66k
31/03/2024£54k£56k
31/03/2023£44k£55k
31/03/2022£45k£47k
31/03/2021£46k£40k

Common questions

Is LIGHTHOUSE EDUCATION SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,857 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £12,835 to £10,978. The trustees' report indicates a reserve policy target of six months' operating costs, which the current reserves do not meet. The filing confirms the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.