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LIGHT FOR THE WORLD CIO

Registered charity 1166008 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to giving equal opportunities to children and persons with disabilities in underserved countries.Our comprehensive programmes aim to sustainably reduce gaps in the provision of eye health care, community-based rehabilitation, education, economic inclusion and disability mainstreaming.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, (A) TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BLINDNESS OR RESTRICTED VISION, AND TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHICH CAUSE BLINDNESS OR RESTRICTED VISION, BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE SERVICES AND PROMOTING ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE; (B) TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THESE, AND OTHER FORMS OF DISABILITY BY PROMOTING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE SERVICES TO THOSE AFFECTED, WHERE POSSIBLE TOGETHER WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. (C) TO ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THOSE SO AFFECTED, BY CONTRIBUTING TO A WORLD IN WHICH PERSONS WITH DISABILITY CAN FULLY EXERCISE THOSE RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES) AND BY ADVOCATING, AND RAISING AWARENESS OF, THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AT NATIONAL, EU, AND UN LEVEL

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£538k
Latest spending
£536k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,260, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet their reserves policy target of covering fixed costs for three months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,601, driven by incoming resources of £537,659 against charitable expenditure of £536,058.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of fixed costs (held: £4k)
“The general reserve shall not fall below the fixed costs for a period of 3 months.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£538k
Total spending
£536k
Reserves (reported)
£4k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Burkina Faso · Cambodia · Congo · Ethiopia · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Mozambique · Nepal · Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£538k£536k
31/12/2023£494k£494k
31/12/2022£752k£753k
31/12/2021£435k£435k
31/12/2020£841k£841k

Common questions

Is LIGHT FOR THE WORLD CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,260, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet their reserves policy target of covering fixed costs for three months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,601, driven by incoming resources of £537,659 against charitable expenditure of £536,058. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2019£33kER3P: Ensuring Robust Supportive Policies, Procedures and Practices to
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2019£579kMake 12.4% Work Phase 2
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2017£149kLivelihood Improvement Challenge

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
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST1£145k
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST1£140k
THE EVELYN TRUST1£51k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY1£37k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£10k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£5k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIGHT OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD CIO£538k—0above—no doubt
LIGHT OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£302k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LIGHT FUND COMPANY FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
LIGHTEN EDUCATION NETWORK FY2025£33.1m——unclear—no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILD LIGHT LIMITED FY2025£2.7m——below—no doubt

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