Brighton Light Trust

Analysis

Brighton Light Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08484445). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brighton Light Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £63k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £50k to £67k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 67%. 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, Brighton Light Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God (Jesus Family) (£67k), Aishahs Food Charity (£67k) and Crowborough Foodbank (£67k).