Charity Commission Annual Return 2025
LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Charity registration number: 1195293
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PART A - Charity information
Financial period
Financial period start date
01/04/2024
Financial period end date
31/03/2025
Income and spending
Income £
£ 16,686
Spending £
£ 17,523
Number of contracts from government
How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
0
Number of grants from government
How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
0
Income breakdown
Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)
£ 14,599
Charitable activities
£ 0
Other trading activities
£ 1,718
Investments
£ 0
Other
£ 369
Grantmaking
Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes? No
Recipients of grants
Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas). Individuals
£ 0
Other charities
£ 0
Other organisations that are not charities
£ 0
Trustee payments
Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?
e. None of the trustees have been paid
Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return? No
Income from outside the UK
Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom
Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
Spending outside of the United Kingdom
Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
Total Spending outside of the United Kingdom
£
Trading subsidiaries
Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries? No
Employment contract types
People were permanently employed by your charity
0
People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity
0
Self-employed people were working for your charity
1
Total overseas employees
How many of the people above work on behalf of your charity outside of the United Kingdom? 0
Total employee payroll
What was the total amount spent on employee payroll during the financial period relating to this return? £ 0
Employees' salaries
Did any of your charity's employees receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the financial period of this annual return? No
Governance policies
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
No
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Yes
Financial reserves policy and procedures
No
Complaints policy and procedures
Yes
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Not applicable
Internal risk management policy and procedures
No
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Not applicable
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Not applicable
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Not applicable
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Not applicable
Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
No
Social media policy and procedures
Not applicable
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures Not applicable
Safeguarding
Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return? No
External risk and impact
Donations
Negative
Other income - grants
Unknown
Other income - contracts
Not applicable
Other income - investment
Not applicable
Expenditure on charitable activities
No impact
Expenditure on overheads
No impact
Number of volunteers
No impact
Number of employees
Not applicable
Number of trustees
No impact
Fundraising activities
Not applicable
Capacity to deliver services
No impact
Total service demand
Unknown
Volunteers
Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?
4
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Declaration
This annual return has not been submitted and no Declaration has been made
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date Charity name: LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Charity registration number: 1195293
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To encourage people in their walk of faith through Bible teaching and prayer |
| 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 |
Weekly prayer and teaching meetings during term-time held in a church hall Regular Bible-teaching courses on-line by our director Occasional prayer ministry for individuals by team members using Sozo principles (for which those concerned have been trained) |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees have read and understood the Charity Commission’s guidance on the subject of public benefit. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference
We are not a grant-making charity
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
N/a
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Our need for volunteers reduced since we
Para 1.38 gave up our own building; hence we have
Contribution made by far fewer, but a small number who regularly
volunteers attend our meetings support in practical
ways, along with our trustees and honorary
treasurer
Other
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Achievements and Performance
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SORP reference
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| Achievements and Performance | Achievements and Performance | Achievements and Performance |
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| 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 | About 15 people regularly attend our weekly meetings in a village near Norwich, and another 12 regularly join our director’s online bible teaching courses. Each course has seven weekly sessions with a short gap between each one to fit round holidays etc. Not all of our supporters are regular church members, and have come to regard our meetings as a vital means of fellowship. They are willing to share problems and issues within the group, who pray and share together. Sozo sessions have proved a very effective means of sharing often longterm problems and finding freedom from their effects as a result. |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
where relevant about: |
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Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 |
In the three?years since we moved into our current location, numbers have steadied and although they are relatively small, the ministry is very important to those who come. They come from quite a wide area, and include a small number of locals. |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | We don’t fundraise, but rather depend on the generosity of our supporters, together with offerings taken at our meetings and income received from our booklets. |
| 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 | Income and expenditure have both dropped over the years since covid, but we manage to keep going and remain solvent. We have reduced the amount our director receives, and no longer employ an administrator |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Our only policy now is not to break into our savings account which we are succeeding in. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £981 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | Although we have declined significantly, we have settled into being a small ministry significantly meeting the needs of a small number of people. Not having our own building is a blessing; we are also all getting older, but expect to continue well into the foreseeable future. |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
where relevant about: |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Partnership giving Meetings offerings Occasional gifts, including a recent legacy Sale of resources Gift Aid |
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | n/a |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | Getting old – both LHN director, trustees and volunteers and also those we serve. We have no ‘young blood’ waiting in the wings. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | CIO governing document |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| 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 | Recommendations come from the director and/or the existing trustees. |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
where relevant about: |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | We recommend the Charity Commission’s booklet on how to be a trustee |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | We are not officially connected with any wider network although we have good working relationships with a number of local churches/Christian organisations |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | LHN works closely with East Anglia Friends of Israel, and our director is secretary of Norwich Council of Christians and Jews |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
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Charity name Light House Norwich
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1195293
Charity’s principal address 50 St Mary’s Road, Framingham Earl, Norwich NR14 7SS
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Gail Halley Chair of Trustees From 26/04/21 Director and existing trustees
2 Roy Floyd Trustee From 26/04/21 Ditto
3 Karen Floyd Trustee From 26/04/21 Ditto
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– 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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
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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Gail Bennet Halley | |
Chair of Trustees |
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| 2 January 2026 | |
| 2 January 2026 |
LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Charitable Trust
Charity Number 1195293 (England and Wales)
Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Period of Accounts
Start date: 1 April 2024
End date: 31 March 2025
LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Contents of the Financial Statements
For the Period Ended 31 March 2025
Profit and Loss Account
Balance Sheet
Additional Notes
Report
LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Income and Expenditure
For the Period Ended 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Income | ||
| Donations, Offerings & Misc Income | 5,664 | 3,692 |
| Partnership Giving | 8,935 | 12,758 |
| Sales of Resources | 1,718 | 2,032 |
| Gift Aid Claim | 0 | 0 |
| Difference | 369 | 0 |
| Total | 16,686 | 19,993 |
| Less Expenditure | ||
| Director’s Fees | 12,000 | 14,685 |
| Giving & Miscellaneous | 3107 | 1,511 |
| Resources | 760 | 0 |
| Repayment of Loan | 0 | 1,000 |
| Miscellaneous | 706 | 0 |
| Insurance | 127 | 138 |
| IT Expenses | 181 | 86 |
| Printing & Stationery | 222 | 433 |
| Postage & Packing | 336 | 77 |
| Membership Fees | 84 | 0 |
| Utilities | 0 | 100 |
| Total | 17,523 | 18,030 |
| Excess / Loss for the year | (837) | **1,963 ** |
| Less Depreciation | 20 | 23 |
| (817) | 1,940 |
LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Balance Sheet
As of 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Fixed Assets – at cost | ||
| Equipment | 210 | 233 |
| Less Depreciation | 20 | 23 |
| ______ | -____ | |
| Total Fixed Assets | 190 | 210 |
| Net current assets | ||
| Current Account | 3,641 | 4,263 |
| Savings Account | 981 | 966 |
| Less Current Liabilities | 0 | 0 |
| _____ | ______ | |
| Total Net Assets | 4,622 | 5,439 |
| _____ | ______ | |
| Represented by : | ||
| Brought Forward | 5,439 | 1,857 |
| Surplus (Deficit) in year | (817) | 1940 |
| Income from Call to Prayer | 0 | 1,642 |
| ______ | ______ | |
| Carried forward | 4,622 | 5,439 |
LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
Balance sheet statements
The foregoing account has been examined with the books and vouchers produced, and is certified to be in accordance therewith.
Signed …………………………………………………… Independent Examiner
Date …………………………………………….
Signed …… ………………… Hon. Treasurer
Date ……….5 January 2026…………………………
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