LIGHTHOUSE ARTS AND TRAINING LTD

Registered charity 296404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIGHTHOUSE

Lighthouse's object and principal activity is to promote art and media culture through training, education, commissions and networking. We provide creative development opportunities for aspiring and practising media artists, animators and filmmakers, whilst also offering innovative participatory opportunities for the wider community to develop their appreciation and enjoyment of media arts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICURLARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING ALL ARTS WHICH CAN BE COMMUNICATED VISUALLY OR AURALLY BY MEANS OF ELECTRIC, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL OR OTHER METHODS OF TRANSMITTING PERCEIVING HEARING OR RECORDING SOUND OR VISION. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £127,587 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves to £1,673,710. Per the trustees' report, these current reserves are below the stated policy target of six months' operating expenditure (£258,388). The trustees have identified risks regarding income volatility and have secured a £150,000 loan and initiated the sale of the charity's premises to ensure long-term viability.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sussex Community Foundation — “Lighthouse is grateful for the support of our funders Sussex Community Foundation , Innovate UK , Henry Smith Foundation, Chalk Cliff Trust …” (source page)
• Innovate UK — “Lighthouse is grateful for the support of our funders Sussex Community Foundation , Innovate UK , Henry Smith Foundation, Chalk Cliff Trust …” (source page)
• Henry Smith Foundation — “Lighthouse is grateful for the support of our funders Sussex Community Foundation , Innovate UK , Henry Smith Foundation, Chalk Cliff Trust …” (source page)
• Chalk Cliff Trust — “Lighthouse is grateful for the support of our funders Sussex Community Foundation , Innovate UK , Henry Smith Foundation, Chalk Cliff Trust …” (source page)
• Enjoolata Foundation — “Lighthouse is grateful for the support of our funders Sussex Community Foundation , Innovate UK , Henry Smith Foundation, Chalk Cliff Trust …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (40% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jennifer Lloydchair
• ANTONY GOSTYN
• Andrew James Cummins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Francis Di Meo
• Carolyn Rachel Burbridge
• Georgina Sophie Voss
• Juliette Tieku-Smith
• Klaudia Brezna
• Laura Wade
• Michael Cole
• Polly Wright
• Tony Pilgrim

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POOLE ARTS TRUST LIMITED.

• POOLE ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m
• LUX income £846k
• SIGNAL FILM & MEDIA LIMITED income £1.5m
• LIGHTHOUSE FUTURES TRUST income £1.8m
• ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD income £99k
• ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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