SUNDERLAND LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY LTD

Registered charity 1191512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY

As a charity provide the following services-1. Educational support services- we run free after school session to improve the children from BAME background. 2. Mental health workshop- we run various mental health workshop to increase the awareness of mental health issues and discuss on this topic.3. Family Fun Day in Bank Holidays4. Activities to keep the Park and street cleaning etc.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QUR'AN AND SUNNAH PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MEANS OF HOLDING PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, SUPPORTING NEW ADHERENTS TO THE FAITH, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC FAITH.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH, PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY, RELIGION AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBJECTS OF MERIT BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES AND SEMINARS.(4) TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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 · Education/training · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £455,986, with cash at bank of £57,779. The trustees' reserves policy is to hold two months' operating costs, though the document does not explicitly calculate the monthly cost to determine if the current cash balance meets this target. The charity reported a net income of £140,385 for the year, indicating positive operational performance.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 14/11/2023, 14 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 29/11/2022, 29 days after the 31/10/2022 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 £350k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Muhammad Zahidul Islamchair
• Abu Shaker Alkobir
• Mohommed Ibrahim Meah
• Siraj Munir Nazrul

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH - NEW MALDEN.

• THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH - NEW MALDEN income £85k
• LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £37k
• LIGHTHOUSE EDUCATION SERVICE income £64k
• SUNDERLAND HEADLIGHT income £127k
• LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH (SHERINGHAM) income £243k
• LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH (TELFORD) income £320k

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