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The Birmingham Lighthouse Upc

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1116721BirminghamReligion
Income£100k2025-12-31
Spending£85ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause62nd pctReligion
Registered2006Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Birmingham Lighthouse Upc is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Birmingham Lighthouse Upc reported income of £100k and spending of £85k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £80k to £100k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Birmingham Lighthouse Upc sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Morpeth Methodist Church (£100k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Alban, Wickersley (£100k) and German Speaking Evangelical Congregation in South West England (£100k).

Income and spending

£0£25k£50k£75k£100k2021 Income: £79,8302021 Spending: £50,25320212022 Income: £57,1702022 Spending: £66,45420222023 Income: £64,1212023 Spending: £62,69620232024 Income: £70,1212024 Spending: £83,71720242025 Income: £99,7272025 Spending: £84,6682025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

To advance the Christian faith, both locally and nationally. To relieve persons who are both young or old, in conditions of need, hardship or sick.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Morpeth Methodist ChurchMorpeth£100k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Alban, WickersleyRotherham£100k
German Speaking Evangelical Congregation in South West EnglandBristol£100k
New Life Church Bishop's StortfordSaffron Walden£100k