The Lightwave Community C.i.o.

Analysis

The Lightwave Community C.i.o. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lightwave Community C.i.o. reported income of £303k and spending of £339k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £100k to £303k (+205%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Lightwave Community C.i.o. sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Hessle (£303k), Norfolk & Waveney Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (£303k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hardington Vale (£303k).