## ANNUAL REPORT 2022 ## Our Trust's work and finance ## What we have done Lighthouse Charity Trust uses Lighthouse Community Church's building and its facilities for the services we provide. In accordance with our Charitable Object, we seek to reach into the wider community by providing a meeting place and facilities for the community's benefit, so that people can engage in positive activities and leisure pursuits to build social contacts, relationships and support. In this, our eighth year, as Covid restrictions lifted, we resumed our use of the Lighthouse building in September 2021. Some previous hirers did not return; but many others did, and our service to the community is reviving. The returning and new groups listed below illustrate the scope of need in the area for a place for people and groups to meet for their benefit and enjoyment: Sally King Pilates NNU3A (North Norfolk University of the Third Age) assorted courses Sheringham Singers Sing Your Heart Out Sinfonia (orchestra) occasional concerts and choir workshops Sheringham Horticultural Society Sheringham Muzillac Twinning Association children's party hirings Away Days for various church leaders' meetings. In carrying out our aims this year, Lighthouse Charity Trust continues to be a thriving part of our local community, touching many lives. Through a wide variety of flourishing clubs, groups and activities many people have made new friends, gaining support and confidence through new contacts and experiences. ## The money that the Trust has received Lighthouse Community Church provides activities and clubs open to both church and nonchurch people alike. These include a parent and toddler group, a fortnightly Youth Life Group for high school aged students, football teams for various age groups, and a table tennis club. These made donations to the Trust for their use of facilities or the Charity’s administrative services. Outside groups and organisations also made donations for the use of the Trust's hired building and its facilities - although these donations were greatly reduced from those made in the pre-Covid years. Gifts received included a small grant for the “Little Ones” mother and toddler group; also a grant, donations and voluntary help for the “Family Friday Meals” which provide free fortnightly communal two course meals, food items and domestic products to help families in need. Other grants received were for Sheringham Shed’s administrative expenses, new equipment and for a course to help people in managing their finances. ## How the Trust has spent the money received Lighthouse Community Church organisations and all outside groups made donations for their use of the building’s utilities, maintenance, service and technical costs; and for donations to the salaries of church staff involved in clubs and activities run under the Trust's hirings. From funds received, the Trust has been able to pay for its own insurance and music licence. The Charity continues to seek funding and grants for refurbishing and operating the building. Sheringham Shed, Lighthouse Church’s project, is now open for use in providing an environment, facilities and support for users with varying needs. Priory Patch is also meeting regularly now, working for it to be used as an outdoor facility for extending Sheringham Shed’s provision for community support through outdoor activities. In our next year, apart from holding a reasonable contingency, maintaining good stewardship of our assets and responsibilities, and seeking awareness of how the Trust should develop, our focus - rather than accumulating a large account balance - will continue our commitment to be of positive service, support and encouragement within our community and the wider area. Lighthouse Charity Trust Statement OF Accounts Year Ended 31st August 2022 ## **Lighthouse Charity Trust** ## **Year Ended 31st August 2022** ## **Contents** ||Page| |---|---| |Accountants' Report|1| |General Fund Income and Expenditure Account|2| |Sheringham Shed Income and Expenditure Account|3| |Balance Sheet|4| |Fixed Asset Schedule|5| ## **Lighthouse Charity Trust** ## **Accountants' Report** ## **Year Ended 31st August 2022** We hereby certify that the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022 set out on pages 2 to 6 have been prepared, without carrying out an audit, from the Charity's accounting records and information supplied by the Treasurer. Our accounting procedures include examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the accounts and an assessment of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Charity's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed. We have obtained all information and explanations which we considered necessary to enable us to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material errors. In our opinion the accounts reasonably reflect the state of the charity's financial affairs as at 31st August 2022 and of its surpluses for the year then ended. ## **Timothy Hignett and Partners Limited** 7 High Street Cromer Norfolk NR27 9HG 8th June 2023 Signed on behalf of the Trustees on 8th June 2023 ## **S R Charsley, Treasurer** ## **Lighthouse Charity Trust** ## **General Fund Income and Expenditure Account** ## **Year Ended 31st August 2022** |**£**
**£**
**Income:**
LCC
604.00
Subs
1,157.48
Lettings
7,724.55
New Day
3,763.00
STIR
B/fwd
-
Receipts
-
C/fwd
-
-
Trust
-
Transfers from Sheringham Shed
1,652.68
Donations
382.25
Football
B/fwd
340.00
Receipts
1,977.56
C/fwd
(360.00)
1,957.56
Grants
698.71
**Expenditure:**
LCC
604.00
Rent
3,600.00
Insurance
981.00
New Day
5,278.41
Football
1,113.66
Printing, postage and stationery
77.50
Music licence
242.01
Youth subs expenses
247.03
Accountancy fees
972.00
Trust
1,300.00
Grant
430.20
Bursary
-
Utilities for Sheringham Shed
659.68
Depreciation charge
1,583.15
Miscellaneous
66.26
**Excess of income over expenditure**
**2022**|**£**


17,940.23

17,154.90
**785.33**|**£**
**£**
-
64.25
-
92.54
240.00
-
-
240.00
1,000.00
1,848.52
10.00
260.00
3,045.09
(340.00)
2,965.09
-
-
-
990.37
1,049.40
4,317.42
43.84
157.12
109.69
1,130.00
-
-
112.87
1,912.24
2,110.87
35.00
**2021**|**£**



6,220.40




11,968.82
**(5,748.42)**| |---|---|---|---| ## **Lighthouse Charity Trust** ## **Sheringham Shed Income and Expenditure Account** ## **Year Ended 31st August 2022** |**Income:**
Lettings
Donations
Gift aid
Grants
**Expenditure:**
Priory Patch
Wages and salaries
Cleaning
Insurance
Repairs and renewals
Printing, postage and stationery
Music licence & subscriptions
Professional services
Loan repayment
Utilities
Rates
Training courses
Miscellaneous
Transfers to LCT
Depreciation charge
**Excess of income over expenditure**|**£**
**£**
125.00
387.65
131.25
33,642.00
34,285.90
5,108.09
15,854.88
27.84
1,209.53
5,129.63
210.32
127.55
-
-
2,700.93
163.84
660.00
486.68
993.00
837.95
33,510.24
**775.66**
**2022**|**£**
**£**
200.00
1,624.00
275.00
19,724.02
21,823.02
695.22
7,547.06
118.76
1,558.25
1,578.78
103.95
147.84
429.60
5,000.00
1,130.35
83.63
560.00
465.14
-
-
19,418.58
**2,404.44**
**2021**| |---|---|---| ## **Lighthouse Charity Trust** ## **Balance Sheet at 31st August 2022** |**Fixed Assets**
Per schedule
**Current Assets**
Premium account
Barclays current account - LCT
Barclays current account - SS
Cash
Debtors and prepayments
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors and accruals
**Net Current Assets**
**Net Assets**
**General Fund**
Balance b/fwd
SS Excess of income over expenditure
Excess of income over expenditure|£
**£**
245,986.35
0.23
9,040.94
22,722.59
64.02
423.87
32,251.65
(1,560.00)
30,691.65
276,678.00
275,117.01
775.66
785.33
276,678.00
276,678.00
**2022**|£
**£**
245,055.65
0.23
7,076.32
24,404.96
50.00
69.85
31,601.36
(1,540.00)
30,061.36
275,117.01
278,460.99
2,404.44
(5,748.42)
275,117.01
275,117.01
**2021**| |---|---|---| ## **Lighthouse Charity Trust** ## **Fixed Asset Schedule** ## **Year Ended 31st August 2022** |**Cost**
At 1st September 2021
Additions
Disposal
At 31st August 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1st September 2021
Charge for the year
At 31st August 2022
**Net Book Value**
At 1st September 2021
At 31st August 2022|**Total**
**Freehold**
**Property**
**Fixtures and**
**Equipment**
**£**
**£**
**£**
255,104.16
238,723.05
16,381.11
3,351.81
-
3,351.81
-
-
-
258,455.97
238,723.05
19,732.92
10,048.52
-
10,048.52
2,421.10
-
2,421.10
12,469.62
-
12,469.62
245,055.65
238,723.05
6,332.60
245,986.35
238,723.05
7,263.30| |---|---|