# THE LANTERN COMMUNITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1075845
- **Other names:** THE LANTERN RETREAT, SEAHORSES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 4, 1999
- **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=1075845


## Contact

- **Address:** Lantern, Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, RINGWOOD
- **Postcode:** BH24 2NN
- **Phone:** 01425460191
- **Email:** info@lanterncommunity.org.uk
- **Website:** www.lanterncommunity.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH, PROVIDE CARE TO AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY (WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), THE YOUNG, THE OLD OR PEOPLE OTHERWISE IN NEED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF DR. RUDOLPH STEINER (AS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THESE ARTICLES), PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE FORM OF VILLAGES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, DAY CENTRES, KINDERGARTENS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES OR OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN WHICH BENEFICIARIES LIVE AND/OR WORK AND/OR TO WHICH THEY OTHERWISE RESORT IN COMMUNITY WITH PERSONS PROVIDING SUPPORT (KNOWN AS "CO-WORKERS").

**Activities:** To provide supported accommodation and meaningful work activities to residents with a Learning Disability who hold their own tenancy in the charity's property. To provide meaningful work activities to non-residents with a learning disability.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4608010 | £3945552 | £14151945 | 107 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3869489 | £3639788 | £13441212 | 98 |
| March 31, 2023 | £3685000 | £3290154 | £13211510 | 98 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2850175 | £2701613 | £9888884 | 92 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2897223 | £2907108 | £9740322 | 97 |



## Trustees

- David Walker — appointed March 1, 2023
- ELIZABETH BORD — appointed April 25, 2013
- IAN HUMPHRIES — appointed Jan. 10, 2013
- Immanuel VERHOEVEN — appointed Oct. 21, 2023
- LORAINE MORGAN — appointed Jan. 18, 2016
- LUIGI NATALE CARNELLI — appointed March 16, 2015
- MARIA VERHOEVEN
- MICHAEL ANDREW BRADSHAW — appointed Nov. 27, 2017
- Neil Anthony Hollands — appointed Feb. 20, 2023