The Lighthouse Chapel International

Analysis

The Lighthouse Chapel International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05218144). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Lighthouse Chapel International reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.3m (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Lighthouse Chapel International sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Methodist Circuit of Gloucestershire (£1.3m), Oxford Oratory of St Philip Neri (£1.3m) and Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (UK) (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and investments 7.7%. Charitable activities took 1.8% of spending and raising funds 98%. Grants to other organisations totalled £21k. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 45 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.