LIGHT CHURCH (STOKE)

Registered charity 1178620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENKHULL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Light Church is a lively, family-friendly church in Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. We love God, we love people and we love our community and city. You are very welcome to visit us, we meet on Sunday mornings at 10:30am and have loads of activities and groups meeting throughout the week.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL 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: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£134k

Latest spending

£113k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £20,249 for the year ending 31 December 2024, with total income of £133,702 and expenditure of £113,453. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £61,322, which the charity assessed as meeting its policy requirement of covering at least three months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: unclear

“*Senior Minister, Chair & Paid Trustee” — page 2

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Donations & Legacies (72% of income)

“General Tithes and Offerings (discounting special missions/ministry offerings) for 2024 was £93,279” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: eight months expenditure (held: £61k)

“the charity will endeavour to maintain, on average, sufficient reserves to cover eight months expenditure.” — page 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Daniel Chan is identified as a 'Paid Trustee'.

“*Senior Minister, Chair & Paid Trustee” — page 2

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MR D CHANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
MR C MOUNTFORD
MR I BEESTON
MR P LEA
Nicola Whyman

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

Operates in: Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£134k	£113k
31/12/2023	£130k	£150k
31/12/2022	£100k	£88k
31/12/2021	£85k	£77k
31/12/2020	£143k	£81k

Common questions

Is LIGHT CHURCH (STOKE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £20,249 for the year ending 31 December 2024, with total income of £133,702 and expenditure of £113,453. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £61,322, which the charity assessed as meeting its policy requirement of covering at least three months of expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of LIGHT CHURCH (STOKE) earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the unclear band.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRESENCE CHURCH (STOKE-ON-TRENT).

PRESENCE CHURCH (STOKE-ON-TRENT) income £113k
GRACE CHURCH STOKE ON TRENT income £141k
Light Church income £178k
GOSPEL LIGHT INTERNATIONAL CHURCH income £105k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - LIGHT HOUSE ASSEMBLY HACKNEY income £131k
LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH TAUNTON income £420k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIGHT CHURCH (STOKE)	£134k	unclear	unclear	—	no doubt
PRESENCE CHURCH (STOKE-ON-TRENT) FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE CHURCH STOKE ON TRENT FY2025	£141k	—	above	—	no doubt
Light Church FY2025	£178k	—	below	—	no doubt
GOSPEL LIGHT INTERNATIONAL CHURCH FY2025	£105k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - LIGHT HOUSE ASSEMBLY HACKNEY FY2024	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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