2024-03-31-accounts - The Lighthouse Centre

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date 01/04/2023 To Period end date 31/03/2024

Charity name:

Charity registration number:

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Complementary therapies for patients with long term conditions or cancers in their own homes.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Funding awarded from The National Lottery in order to run projects. Which meant our services offered to a wider audience.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	New volunteers have been taken on in order to extend the service and maintain the service.
Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Service was offered to a wider range of patients, their families and friends. It has made a vast difference to those we are able to treat. All our patients have responded with how they could not manage without the service we provide.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements		where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	We have achieved more than what we initially planned at the start of the year, meaning have been able to offer services to more patients.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	We now have fundraising volunteers who concentrate on this area. We also have volunteers who specialise in sales, marketing and communications.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	N/A
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	There is still money in the bank to be able to continue running the charity.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	There is £5,000 reserve funding in order to keep the registered charity status.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£5,000.00
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/A

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Grants, fundraising activities, sponsorships, regular donors, gifts in wills, funeral donations.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	We have numerous businesses who now adopted our charity for their CSR, and regularly donate.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	As a result of the most recent pandemic, we have made numerous adaptions to the way we work to try and minimalise interuptions if a future pandemic was to happen. We have also factored in the cost of living crisis.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Registered charity.
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	No change in trustees.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:


Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	Attend regular networking groups in order to grow, raise awareness and fundraise for the charity.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Lighthouse Centre
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1148392
Charity’s principal address	33 Burlington House 369 Wellingborough Road Northampton NN1 4EU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Gemma Dearsley	Non-Executive Director
	Jayne Phillips
	Martin Kearney
	Susan Dearsley
	Stephen Knight
	Val Adaway	Ambassador
	Stephen Wright

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Gemma Victoria Dearsley Full name(s) Gemma Victoria Dearsley Position (eg Secretary, Non-Executive Director Chair, etc) Date 16/07/2025

Charity Name: The lighthouse Centre	Charity Name: The lighthouse Centre	CharityNo	1148392	1148392
		CompanyNo
Annualaccountsforthe period
Period start date	01/04/2023	To	Period end date	31/03/2024

Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)

Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03	Total funds Prior year funds £ £ F04 F05	Total funds Prior year funds £ £ F04 F05
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29,497			29,497
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	56,922		56,922
29,497	56,922	-	86,419	-

1,801			1,801
25	49,715		49,740
5,619			5,619
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7,446	49,715	-	57,161	-

22,052	7,207	-	29,259	-
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22,052	7,207	-	29,259	-
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22,052	7,207	-	29,259	-
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22,052	7,207	-	29,259	-

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22,052	7,207	-	29,259	-

1148392

Charity Name: The LightHouse Charity No Centre Company No

Section B Balance sheet

Unrestricted funds £ F01	Restricted income funds £ F02	Endowment funds Total this year £ £ F03 F04	Endowment funds Total this year £ £ F03 F04	Total last year £ F05
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64,134	5,006		69,140
64,134	5,006	-	69,140	-

1,263	-	-	1,263	-

62,871	5,006	-	67,877	-

62,871	5,006	-	67,877	-

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62,871	5,006	-	67,877	-

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The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.

Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies House	Print Name	Date of approval dd/mm/yyyy
	Gemma Dearsley	15/07/2025


	Signature	Date dd/mm/yyyy

		Print name

CC17a (Excel)

16/07/2025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A

Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of The Lighthouse Centre On accounts for the year 31/03/2024 Charity no 1148392 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024 .

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent

examiner's statement[I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have ] come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Name: Deepa Shah Relevant professional Accounting Technician qualification(s) or body (if any):

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Oct 2018

IER

Address: 1 Whaddon Close Northampton NN4 9XS

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

IER