The Lighthouse

Analysis

The Lighthouse is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maldon. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lighthouse reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,139 to £17k (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Lighthouse sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Azeemia Foundation (£17k), Fochriw Pentecostal Mission (£17k) and Umunandi (£17k).