GOSPEL LIGHT COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1176880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF THE SAINTS

ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND PRAYER.

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 · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£149k
Latest spending
£140k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £148,615 in incoming resources for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £168,270 to £139,620. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £45,785 at the period end.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£149k£140k
31/08/2024£168k£140k
31/08/2023£137k£131k
31/08/2022£91k£87k
31/08/2021£53k£52k

Common questions

Is GOSPEL LIGHT COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received £148,615 in incoming resources for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £168,270 to £139,620. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £45,785 at the period end. Its FY2025 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 Fund15/05/2020£10kAiding an ailing community during COVID-19

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GOSPEL LIGHT COMMUNITY CHURCH£149k—0unclear—no doubt
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
GOSPEL LIGHT INTERNATIONAL CHURCH FY2025£105k—0above—no doubt
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH (GOSPEL GENERATION) FY2024£177k—0unclear—no doubt
POLDEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£559k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL CHURCH OF GRACE MINISTRIES FY2025£194k—0above—no doubt

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