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LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELLING TRUST

Registered charity 1202653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lighthouse Counselling Trust is a community counselling service based in Ebbsfleet, Kent. We provide professional and affordable counselling to adults in our community. We want anyone coming to us for counselling to feel listened to any supported. We offer face to face counselling and online counselling and we also offer couples counselling.

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Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating profit of £7,015 and holds unrestricted cash funds of £40,681. The trustees maintain reserves to cover staff obligations and client programme run-offs in an extreme scenario, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties reported.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000
“LCT has two employees. Neither paid more than £60,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds to meet obligations to staff and run off counselling programmes of existing clients (held: £41k)
“We maintain reserves such that, in an extreme scenario where Lighthouse had to stop trading suddenly, we would have sufficient funds to meet our obligations to our staff and run off the counselling programmes of our existing clients.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£59k£47k
31/03/2024£44k£15k

Common questions

Is LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELLING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating profit of £7,015 and holds unrestricted cash funds of £40,681. The trustees maintain reserves to cover staff obligations and client programme run-offs in an extreme scenario, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties reported. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELLING TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELLING TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELLING TRUST as a grant recipient include EASTGATE (KENT) LTD.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EASTGATE (KENT) LTDFY2024£55kGrant funding of activities / Counselling services
EASTGATE (KENT) LTDFY2025£4kGrant funding of activities