BETHEL LIGHTHOUSE

Registered charity 1195081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHEL LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Bethel Lighthouse CIO is a church and community organisation, that through our Christian faith provides facilities for education, recreation and other leisure-time occupation for the benefit of the community in the interest of social welfare. We help to relieve sickness and financial hardship, to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind.

Objects

(A)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS IN WALSALL AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DEEM FIT.(B)TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITY(C)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.

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £6,559 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure of £94,932 against income of £88,373. Per the balance sheet, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £24,346 at the year-end, representing a decrease from the previous year's £30,905.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev ONeil Lewis Mrchair
• Frederick Kerr
• MAUREEN LEWIS
• Pesina Mararike

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

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