UNDERGROUND LIGHTS

Registered charity 1179553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit, the relief of those in need, in particular but not exclusively, people experiencing homelessness and/or mental distress in the Coventry, Warwickshire and surrounding area through the provision of drama/performing arts workshops and other activities or forms of training/support.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND/OR MENTAL DISTRESS IN THE COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DRAMA/PERFORMING ARTS WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OR FORMS OF TRAINING/SUPPORT.

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

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Registered contact address: Coventry, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £78,294 against total expenditure of £63,842, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds total funds of £44,076, with a stated reserves policy to cover three months' running costs. The trustees confirm the organization will continue as an ongoing concern until April 2026.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Underground Lights (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Nadine Holdsworthchair
• Benedict Davenport
• Benita Belgrove
• Dr Daniela Evans
• Georgia Dee Jaji
• Simon Christopher Knowles
• Sophie Hall
• Tracy Villiers

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A LIGHT IN THE DARK.

• A LIGHT IN THE DARK income £81k
• NORTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH income £41k
• LANTERN OF LIGHT income £105k
• CHRIST LIGHT ASSEMBLIES income £75k
• LIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE MINISTRY income £87k
• Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind income £11.6m

Side by side with its peers

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