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CHRIST THE LIGHT CHURCH

Registered charity 1126616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is a Christian church that has weekly Sunday services, where there is corporate worship, preaching and fellowship. The church creates opportunities for those wanting to enquire about the Christian faith to find out more, facilitates weekly meetings in homes where friendships are strengthened and growth in the Christian faith is nurtured, and works regularly with other churches.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN HUNTINGTON YORK AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO 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.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£70k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £79,358 of income and incurred £70,170 in resources expended, resulting in a net surplus for the year of £9,188. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £18,564, which exceeds the policy target of one month's operational costs, with the trustees noting that reserves exceed four months' projected expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month's operational costs, with funds generally averaging at two to three months' of these costs (held: £19k)
“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds held should be a minimum of one month's operational costs, with funds generally averaging at two to three months' of these costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: N N Day-Lewis received a salary of €33,000 and pension contributions of €803.
“During the year a salary of €33,000 (2024: E26,400) was paid to N N Day-Lewis, a trustee of the charitable company. Pension contributions were also made of €803 (2024: E605) for N N Day-Lewis” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: N N Day-Lewis, a trustee, received a salary of €33,000 and pension contributions of €803.
“During the year a salary of €33,000 (2024: E26,400) was paid to N N Day-Lewis, a trustee of the charitable company. Pension contributions were also made of €803 (2024: E605) for N N Day-Lewis” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£79k£70k
31/12/2024£64k£53k
31/12/2023£52k£54k
31/12/2022£50k£51k
31/12/2021£49k£54k

Common questions

Is CHRIST THE LIGHT CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £79,358 of income and incurred £70,170 in resources expended, resulting in a net surplus for the year of £9,188. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £18,564, which exceeds the policy target of one month's operational costs, with the trustees noting that reserves exceed four months' projected expenditure. 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.

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 THE LIGHT CHURCH£79k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRIST LIGHT ASSEMBLIES FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH GREENBANK FY2025£231k—0above—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH LIVERPOOL FY2025£381k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE FY2025£528kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH MANCHESTER FY2024£502k—0unclear—no doubt

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