# LIGHT INTO EUROPE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1017626
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 23, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1017626


## Contact

- **Address:** 112 CONNAUGHT AVENUE, FRINTON ON SEA, ESSEX
- **Postcode:** CO13 9AA
- **Phone:** 07718946198
- **Email:** Contact@lightintoeurope.org
- **Website:** www.lightintoeurope.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RESIDENT OR TEMPORARILY LOCATED IN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS ALBANIA, BULGARIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, POLAND BUT IN PARTICULAR CITIZENS OF ROMANIA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES  (2) TO ADVANCE AND FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE  (3) TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY MEANS OF BIBLE CLASSES, PRAYER AND OTHERWISE

**Activities:** LIGHT INTO EUROPE IS A BRITISH CHARITY FOUNDED IN 1986. SINCE 2004, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEAF AND BLIND COMMUNITIES IN ROMANIA. OUR VISION IS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THE SENSORIAL IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE EXPECTATIONS AND TO BECOME ACTIVE AND ACCEPTED MEMBERS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY.

**Area of benefit:** EASTERN EUROPE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Animals
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Romania



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £86863 | £86504 | — | — |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £3740 | £33814 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £2659 | £31326 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £39349 | £36493 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £33707 | £27574 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Stan Platt OBE** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 8, 1993
- ALEXANDER WILLIAM PLATT — appointed Dec. 1, 2011
- MARK EDWARD PLATT — appointed Nov. 1, 2010
- Sean Ronald Pendry Dilley — appointed Jan. 1, 2021