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LANTERN OF LIGHT

Registered charity 1203567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£73k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £104,866 against total expenditure of £73,077, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £22,131, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining sufficient funds to cover at least three months of core operational expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Total income for the year was £104,866 (2024: £15,795), primarily from donations, retreat/event income and Gift Aid.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of core operational expenses (held: £22k)
“The charity’s reserves policy aims to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds to cover at least three months of core operational expenses” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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£105k£73k
31/03/2024£16k£11k

Common questions

Is LANTERN OF LIGHT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £104,866 against total expenditure of £73,077, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £22,131, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining sufficient funds to cover at least three months of core operational expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE1£898k
THE JD FOUNDATION1£561k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT1£194k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED1£91k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST1£72k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£50k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
THE PHILLIPS AND RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST1£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1692.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LANTERN OF LIGHT£105k—0within—no doubt
1692 FY2025£462k—0within—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
LAMPARD CLUB FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.