HOUSE OF LIGHT

Registered charity 1121858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOUSE OF LIGHT POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP

House of Light is a perinatal mental health Charity offering support and counselling to parents' pre-conception to post birth who are struggling with mental health difficulties following pregnancy, birth and in cases of loss, miscarriage, termination and stillbirth. We do this via one to one counselling, group and one to one peer support, telephone and email support.

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Latest income

£838k

Latest spending

£718k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £588,738, exceeding the charity's stated policy target of £450,000 (six months of running costs). The charity reported a net income of £119,692 and held no restricted funds at the year-end, having transferred the previous balance to unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of running costs which equates to £450,000 (held: £589k)

“The Charity must hold a minimum of 6 months running costs which equates to £450,000.” — page 7

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 — House of Light (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£838k

Total spending

£718k

Reserves (reported)

£589k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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

Victoria Claire Quinnchair
Elizabeth Sugden
Lauren Sydney Dale
Richard Hayes
Sean Maloney
Susan Marie Murkin

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£838k	£718k
05/04/2024	£700k	£538k
05/04/2023	£365k	£313k
05/04/2022	£275k	£252k
05/04/2021	£356k	£233k

Common questions

Is HOUSE OF LIGHT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £588,738, exceeding the charity's stated policy target of £450,000 (six months of running costs). The charity reported a net income of £119,692 and held no restricted funds at the year-end, having transferred the previous balance to unrestricted funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOUSE OF LIGHT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOUSE OF LIGHT as a grant recipient include THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£70k	Medical Research & Care
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£35k	Vulnerable Children
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£35k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2024	£10k	Social
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2023	£10k	Social
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2021	£10k	Support for women
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2022	£7k	Social

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
HERRINGTHORPE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH	1	—
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£128k
THE BROOK TRUST	1	£125k
ROSA FUND	1	£60k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£30k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
CEO SLEEPOUT	1	£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES.

LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES income £231k
LIGHTHOUSE HOMES income £1.5m
PORCHLIGHT income £10.4m
THE LIFE AND LIGHT MISSIONS income £921k
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD CIO income £538k
THE LIGHT FUND COMPANY income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOUSE OF LIGHT	£838k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES FY2024	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE HOMES FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PORCHLIGHT FY2025	£10.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIFE AND LIGHT MISSIONS FY2025	£921k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD CIO FY2024	£538k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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