THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT (CRAWLEY)

Registered charity 1151019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian Faith among young people and families, in schools and groups, and in conjunction with the churches in the area of Crawley, West Sussex and the surrounding area.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, IN SCHOOLS AND GROUPS, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHURCHES IN THE AREA OF CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

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Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £7,622 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £34,887 to £27,265. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The unrestricted reserves of £27,265 remain above the trustees' stated policy target of £17,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev David Michael Kingchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Stevens
• Esther Hope Bradley O'Grady
• IAN HANCOCK
• REV Kevin Andrew Taylor
• Sharon Ruth Richards

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIGHTHOUSE OUTREACH MINISTRIES.

• LIGHTHOUSE OUTREACH MINISTRIES income £25k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL BIRMINGHAM income £1.6m
• KICC THE LIGHTHOUSE income £80k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH (ALL NATIONS) income £567k
• THE LIGHT HOUSE (CHRISTIAN CARE MINISTRY) TRUST LIMITED income £151k
• ALEXANDRIA LIGHTHOUSE income £82k

Side by side with its peers

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