The Light Project

Analysis

The Light Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The Light Project reported income of £159k and spending of £160k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income fell from £221k to £159k (-28%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Light Project sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maristow Charity (£159k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Ayton with Easby (£159k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclestiastical Parish of St Mary Storrington (£159k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.