CHRIST LIGHT INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1125281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PREACHING AND PASTORAL CARE, COUNSELLING, TRAINING, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, CONFERENCES ON FAMILY, FINANCE, PARENTING, FAITH, MARRIAGE.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.OMMUNITY ACTION BOARD (FORMERLY PAULSGROVE & WYMERING COMMUNITY BOARD) AND ANY SUCCESSOR BODY OR BODIES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF LOCAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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 · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tendring, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£16k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds total £189,745 as of 31 December 2024, while the reserves policy aims to retain sufficient reserves to cover a minimum of £5,000, indicating the charity is well above its stated policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £190k)
“These reserves are designed to cover a minimum of £5,000” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£38k£16k
31/12/2023£58k£48k
31/12/2022£52k£48k
31/12/2021£54k£49k
31/12/2020£46k£46k

Common questions

Is CHRIST LIGHT INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds total £189,745 as of 31 December 2024, while the reserves policy aims to retain sufficient reserves to cover a minimum of £5,000, indicating the charity is well above its stated policy target. Its FY2024 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST LIGHT ASSEMBLIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRIST LIGHT INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE£38k—0above—no doubt
CHRIST LIGHT ASSEMBLIES FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
LIGHT FY2025£806k£110,000 - £120,0002below—no doubt
CHRIST CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
Lightcity Church FY2024£36k—0unclear—no doubt
GOSPEL LIGHT COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt

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