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Light on the Mount

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1074480CardiffReligion
Income£36k2025-05-31
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctReligion
Registered1999Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Light on the Mount is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03590949). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Light on the Mount reported income of £36k and spending of £23k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £38k to £36k (-3.0%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Light on the Mount sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hebron Pentecostal Church Exeter (£36k), Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (£36k) and Verwood Road Evangelical Chapel (£36k).

Income and spending

£0£24k£48k£73k£97k2021 Income: £37,5262021 Spending: £60,26120212022 Income: £96,8442022 Spending: £94,74320222023 Income: £6,2402023 Spending: £11,58120232024 Income: £13,3852024 Spending: £13,04020242025 Income: £36,4112025 Spending: £22,5762025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The advancement of the Christian faith with particular emphasis on the provision of literature and other forms of communication: selling books, cards, fairtrade goods, CD's, DVD's and related goods

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CharityLocationIncome
Hebron Pentecostal Church ExeterExeter£36k
Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of WalsinghamLondon£36k
Verwood Road Evangelical ChapelWimborne£36k
The University of Reading Chaplaincy Centre TrustBerkshire£36k