**Registered Charity No – 1190183**
## LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP
Trustees’ Report and Accounts for 31 December 2021
|**CONTENTS**|**PAGE**|
|---|---|
|Legal and Administrative Details|**2**|
|Trustees' Report|**3**|
|Independent Examiners’ Report|**5**|
|Statement of Financial Activities|**6**|
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## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE CHARITY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021**
**Trustees**
1. Leon Bailey
2. Calesia Dawson
3. Ruth Cooper
**Charity registered Number**
## 1190183
**Date of charitable registration**
30 June 2020
**Principal office**
19 Lemur Drive Cambridge CB1 9XZ
**Secretary**
Calesia Dawson
**Independent examiners**
Patsy Alexander ACMA MSC ACIE – C/o GoodtoGive
**Bankers**
Metro Bank
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021**
The Board of Trustees, who are the trustees for charity law purposes, submit their annual report and the financial statements of Lighthouse Fellowship for the year ended 31 December 2021. The Board of Trustees confirms that the annual report and financial statements of the Charity comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the Charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities (revised 2005)'.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **The 3 Trustees are:**
1. Leon Bailey
2. Calesia Dawson
3. Ruth Cooper
The Trustees play a primary role in ensuring good governance and functioning of the foundation. The Board’s role, functions and responsibilities are quite clearly defined.
The Charity currently has a dedicated team of Advisory board members in the UK who have helped to secure financial support and contribute to the future planning of the organisation.
## **Governing document:**
Lighthouse Fellowship is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered on 30 June 2020.
## **Recruitment and appointment of trustees:**
The members of the General Trustee Board are trustees for the purposes of charity law. New trustees may be appointed by resolution of a meeting of the trustees.
Much of the charity's work focuses upon the promotion of the Christian religion and the running and maintenance of its places of worship.
The General Trustee Board seeks to ensure that the needs of this group are appropriately reflected through the diversity of the trustee body. To enhance the potential pool of trustees, the charity has, through selective advertising and networking with voluntary organizations active in the sector, sought to identify those who would be willing to become members of the charity and use their own experience to assist the charity.
## **Risk Management:**
We are committed to a policy of identifying, monitoring and managing the risks that might adversely affect the activities in which we are involved. In this context, risk is defined as the potential to fail to achieve charity objectives and for loss, financial and reputational, inherent in the environment in which we operate in the nature of the transactions undertaken.
The principle risk of the charity has been its dependence on voluntary income. Trustees have initiated various processes to mitigate such risk, so that the charity has sufficient reserve in the event of adverse condition(s).
The trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have taken steps to mitigate the significant risks.
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021**
## **Public Benefit:**
The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 and have paid due regard to public benefit when preparing this report. The benefit provided to the public is consistent with the aims of the charity in UK.
## **Activities:**
To guide and support Christian believers in the worship of God and support for those within the community with providing religious education alongside fellowship and social network for those within the local community.
**The purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document**
## **The objects of the Trust are:**
To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statements of belief appearing in the schedule.
To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Cambridge and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants. The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in managing the activities of the charity.
## **The contribution of volunteers during the year**
We have benefitted greatly from the work of our volunteers who have provided a wide range of expertise in various areas, including specialist knowledge, cleaning, driving and administration.
## **Financial review:**
The largest contribution to the charity for the year came from general offerings. The charity has begun its charitable activities from its inception.
The Charity currently aims to designate the total fund received less expenses for the main objective of the charity.
## **Plans for future periods:**
The Charity plans to develop various fundraising strategy to include mass marketing. Besides mass marketing and events, the charity is aiming to achieve its targets through securing donations from willing individuals. A development board may be created to help include other avenues of fundraising to be included in the yearly programme.
## **Statement of Board of Trustees’ responsibilities**
The Board of Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
Charity law applicable to charities in England/Wales requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the surplus or deficit of the Charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the Board of Trustees have:
- Selected suitable accounting policies and applied them consistently,
- • Made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
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TRLSTEES, REPORT
FOR T&E YEAR ENIIED 31 DECLIIBER 2021
Ststed whether applicable aecouning standards have been followed, subjeet to any mAterial d¢partures
di5¢105¢d aud explaijied in the financial ststemenls. and
Prepared Ihe financial 5tatemellts on a going concern basis (uuless it is inappropriate to presume that
the Charity whll continue in operdtiou).
The Board of Trustees bas over1 responsibility for ensuring that the Clwity has an appropriate system of
control8, fn¢la1 and otherwise. They aTe a150 respoD511>le for keeping proper accounting records which
disclose with reasowable accuracy at anv time the fthancial position of the Charity and enable them to eDsur¢
that the financial ststements cotllply with the Clwities A¢¢ 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the
4$ets of the Charity and bence for taking rcasonable steps for the detection and prevention of fraud attd Dther
irregulatities.
The Board of Trustee8 is responsThJ le for tht maintellallce and ititegrity of the corporate and financial
infornvdtion. Legislation in the Utiited Kingdom governing the PrqatiOn and dissernination of financi
ststements may differ from legislation in other Jurisdictions.
Ststemejkt of disclome of ittfornjatton to independent examitier
We. a8 the Tnle&S of the Chatity who held office at the dat¢ of approval of these fthallci21 stat¢wents as S¢t out
on pagc 2 each Cotsfir so far as w¢ are awaTe, that
There i5 relevant inf¢)llnation of whicb the Clwttys independent exgmiller is Unaw¢. alld w¢ have
taken all the sieps that we ougbt to hive tsken as Trustees Tll Order ttTr mak¢ ou1Ve6 aware of any
relevallt inforlljation md to establish that tbe clwity's indepelldellt examiner is awdre of that
infonnation.
Independent *M1¢r.
The Chl8 independent exIller. Patsy Alexander ACMA MSC ACIE - Clo Gi)od to Givc LTD, h&8 indic8ted
their will1rA¢s5 to continue in office and offer the[tly¢S for appoiurmellt.
This report w&s approyed by the Trustees on sigued on their b¢batf by..
Date .
11105/2022
## **LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2021**
|**Donations &**
**Legacies**
Offering
Gift aid
**Total**
**Expenditure**
Charitable activities
Bank Charges
Governance
**Total**
**Surplus/(Loss)**
**Balance B/fwd**
**Balance C/fwd**|**2021**
Unrestricted
£8,504
**£8,505**
-£1,127
-£5
-£720
**£1,852**
£6,653
£6,829
**£13,482**|**2020**
Unrestricted
£8,932|
|---|---|---|
|||**£8,932**
-£1,381
-£2
-£720|
|||**£2,103**
£6,829
-|
|||**£6,829**|
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