SOUTHAMPTON LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1184599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO are to 1) Advance the Christian faith for the public benefit, particularly amongst the international community in Southampton.2) To maintain a church for the advancement of the Christian religion in Southampton.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO1) ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY AMONGST THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SOUTHAMPTON.2) TO MAINTAIN A CHURCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN SOUTHAMPTON.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £78,990 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £60,669. The trustees consider the cash reserves healthy, noting they hold over five months' expenditure in cash to cover salaries and operational costs.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/06/2024, 134 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £80k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melroy Dsouzachair
• David Coles · trustee of 1 other charity
• GWYNETH SYMONS
• Rhys Bartlett
• Susanna Djurholm

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM income £567k
• CHRIST CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON CIO income £397k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH (ALL NATIONS) income £567k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL BIRMINGHAM income £1.6m
• TRINITY CHURCH NOTTINGHAM income £780k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL MILTON KEYNES income £342k

Side by side with its peers

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