LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH
Registered charity 1159764 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Enabling and equipping the church and community to heal the broken hearted, set free the oppressed and bring good news to the poor.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £62,651 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £692,359 and total expenditure of £755,010. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £220,914 were maintained within the stated policy target range of £154,000 to £297,000. The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no trading subsidiaries.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Peterborough Cathedral for the Garden House project property.
“During the year the charity paid rent amounting to £20,439 (2024: £18,492) for the rental of the property used for the Garden House project to Peterborough Cathedral, at which T Alban-Jones is a member of the Cathedral Chapter.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Light Project Peterborough (matched by registered charity number).
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 5.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anthony Stuart Russell Lidgett
- Isabella Money
- MARK JACKSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Marcia Ann Green · trustee of 1 other charity
- Paul Logan
- Paula Jayne Marie Greaves
- Sara Louise Bristow
- Sheila Bucknell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Peterborough City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £62,651 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £692,359 and total expenditure of £755,010. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £220,914 were maintained within the stated policy target range of £154,000 to £297,000. The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST, THE EVELYN TRUST, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST KYNEBURGHA CASTOR WITH UPTON AND STIBBINGTON AND WATER NEWTON.
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