Houses of Light

Analysis

Houses of Light is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Neath. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08177520). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Houses of Light reported income of £40k and spending of £39k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £48k to £40k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Houses of Light sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewisham Multi Lingual Advice Service (£40k), Broughton Community Action (£40k) and Orphan Welfare Trust (£40k).