Liverpool Lighthouse Limited

Analysis

Liverpool Lighthouse Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03689784). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Liverpool Lighthouse Limited reported income of £709k and spending of £787k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £416k to £709k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Liverpool Lighthouse Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Upper Room (St Saviour's) (£708k), Young Ealing Foundation (£709k) and Dancers' Career Development (£708k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67% and charitable activities 32%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 17 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.