DEVOTIONAL LIGHT CHURCH

Registered charity 1169983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DLC

Religious activities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£109k

Latest spending

£104k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts on funds were £108,842, representing a 6.6% increase from the previous period. The charity maintains its place of worship and has 51 members with average weekly attendance of 35 in person and 12 online. No specific reserves policy or deficit figures are disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev EMMANUEL ADJETEY ADJEIchair
Joyce Adjei
Madeline Lewis
Theodora Pavlou

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£109k	£104k
29/02/2024	£122k	£119k
28/02/2023	£82k	£94k
28/02/2022	£70k	£70k
28/02/2021	£48k	£40k

Common questions

Is DEVOTIONAL LIGHT CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts on funds were £108,842, representing a 6.6% increase from the previous period. The charity maintains its place of worship and has 51 members with average weekly attendance of 35 in person and 12 online. No specific reserves policy or deficit figures are disclosed in the provided text. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )	1	£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GOLDINGS CHURCH.

GOLDINGS CHURCH income £103k
REVELATION CHURCH - LONDON income £805k
WORD OF LIGHT INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES LTD income £114k
TOGETHER FOR MISSION income £166k
BRISTOL CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £257k
NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH income £135k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DEVOTIONAL LIGHT CHURCH	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOLDINGS CHURCH FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REVELATION CHURCH - LONDON FY2026	£805k	—	above	—	no doubt
WORD OF LIGHT INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES LTD FY2025	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR MISSION FY2024	£166k	—	below	—	no doubt
BRISTOL CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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