Light Church

Analysis

Light Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in August 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Light Church reported income of £178k and spending of £157k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £250k to £178k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Light Church sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Building Trust International (£176k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tilehurst, St Michael (£178k) and Leeds Muslim Council (£176k).