Report and Accounts 1[st] October 2020 – 30[th] September 2021 Registered in England and Wales. Charity No: 1179483 ## Lighthouse Thame And Villages ## Report of the Trustees 12 months ending 30[th] September 2021 ## Reference and administrative details Lighthouse Thame and Villages is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its charity trustees. It is governed by its Constitution which was adopted on registration of the CIO on 8[th] August 2018 **Charity registration number** 1179483 **Principal office** Black Horse Cottage, Manor Road, Towersey, THAME, OX9 3QR ## **Trustees** Susan Margaret Civval Catherine Enticknap Rev Philip Neil Groves Rev Patrick Joel Harris Rev Anthony George Taylor Ruth Anne Wallace ## Governance The Trustees oversee the charity and normally meet quarterly with extra meetings if needed. There is a Leadership Team, appointed by the Trustees, who meet separately to deliver the event. The chair of the Leadership Team is ex officio of the Trustees and able to report to meetings. New trustees are recruited by direct invitation from the existing trustees and are identified either by trustees or by referral. In extending invitations to individuals, account is taken of the skills, present and required, and to provide appropriate representation from churches in the area. The chair of trustees is nominated by the trustees of the CIO and may at any point revoke such appointment. Induction of trustees includes provision of information on the requirements of being a charity trustee as well as the governing documents and relevant guidelines from the Charity Commission. They are encouraged to reflect on the role of the charity and talk to those already involved, especially among the other Trustees and the Leadership Team. Having mostly had personal contact with Lighthouse, new trustees are often well aware of our objectives and the work we undertake. As such, the induction of new trustees is minimal. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external events where this will facilitate the undertaking of their role, particularly with Lighthouse Central. 1 ## Objectives and activities ## Charitable purpose We promote the Christian faith primarily through the provision of a non-residential holiday club in the area of Thame and its surrounding villages with activities in a combination of teaching, performing arts, music, physical activities and crafts in a way which advances understanding of the Christian faith and encourages churches to work together to promote unity. ## Public Benefit The trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 Act to have due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission, including the specific guidance on advancement of religion, in all their decisions. ## Achievements and performance Like so many other events during the Covid-19 pandemic, Lighthouse Thame and Villages 2021 had to be put on hold. All the activities that we would have run under normal circumstances, which flourish on face-to-face contact with large groups of children and team, was not possible with the uncertainty over continuing Government restrictions. The Trustees have been busy behind the scenes during 2021 to enable Lighthouse to go ahead when it is possible to do so safely and developing a strategy for future activity. The Trustees have held a consultation with Church Leaders to consider how activities might develop post Covid-19. ## Financial review As a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, from a financial perspective, the charity continued to be almost dormant for the year. The only income for the year was receipt of a Gift Aid claim from prior years and bank interest. The trustees cut all expenditure where possible with the bare minimum of expenditure to cover necessary maintenance costs. At 30[th] September 2021 the General Fund stood at £26,967 (2020: £23,720), which will be used to fund activities in 2022 if that is feasible or in 2023 once life returns to normal. ## Reserves policy The charity aims to apply income directly to its charitable purposes, whilst retaining sufficient available reserves to cover immediate operating expenses. The trustees consider it appropriate to carry reserves equivalent to eight to ten months’ operating expenditure. Factors considered include the need to cover fluctuations in gift income and critical expenditure requirements to set up and prepare for annual events. The funds give the trustees scope to commit expenditure in advance of the voluntary income that those events generate. 2 Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved this trustees. report. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees: Susan M Civval, Trustee 19th January 2022 Lighthouse Thame and Villages Receipts and payments accounts Forthe p8riod from 1st October 2020 To 30th September 2021 Section A Receipts and payments Unrèstricted funds Restricted funds Endowment fund$ Total funds L35ty•ar tr*th• Tr•ar•st£ totho n&4r*AtÉ tothD n••r•¥t£ to th• nMro•t£ Al Recel Glt85n& 20 a,697 TM8r4rfr(wn hthou$pS Sub total(Gmss Incom• for ARJ 3,538 3.$38 A2 Nssetand Investmontsalè8. Sub total Total rncelpts 3,038 S,ODO Sub total A4 Asset 8nd invèstm¢nt urchas85 sep tablo Sub total Tgtslwyments 2•1 ofr•c•lptrfpaym•nts) AS Tran$fgrs ￿tWo0n funds A6 Cash fund5 lastyeor end sh funds thi$ yearend 3,247 3,247 3,314 23.rn 2&720 26,967 27,034 23,720 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unt•Strietsd fund8 to nèarnsiÉ Restrictsd lunds to neor•ttÉ Endowmènt fund8 to n•are8t£ B1 Cash lunds Baik Auounts 26.987 Totsl cash funds 28,9S7 Signature Print Name Date of Smc￿￿ Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Lighthouse Thame and Villages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Lighthouse Thame and Villages (the Charity) for the 12 months ended 30 September 2021. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Charity, you are resFionsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Charivs 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 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material re5pect- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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: Gordon M Taylor A etired I, Cheshire Road, THAME, OX9 3LQ 24th January 2022