Lighthouse Community Church

Analysis

Lighthouse Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lighthouse Community Church reported income of £37k and spending of £47k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £32k to £37k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lighthouse Community Church sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Possibility Assembly Gospel Ministries (£37k), Joseph Ward's Charity (£37k) and Homes for the Homeless (Leicestershire) Limited (£37k).