THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST

Charity number: 1045077
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

CANDLELIGHTERS SUPPORTS THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY & HAEMATOLOGY UNIT IN LEEDS. FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR HARDSHIP GRANTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, HOLIDAYS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OR LEUKAEMIA AT THE UNIT; MEDICAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL; NURSING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT STAFF AND RESEARCH INTO CHILDHOOD CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 29 February 2024

Total income:
£1,766,173

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Donations and legacies £1.65m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £8.53k
Investments £110.67k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£2,628,963

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Raising funds £543.04k
Charitable activities £2.09m
Other £0

£55,218 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £543.04k
Charitable expenditure £2.09m

People

37 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

88 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£70k to £80k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Bradford City
  • Calderdale
  • City Of Wakefield
  • City Of York
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire
  • Kingston Upon Hull City
  • Kirklees
  • Leeds City
  • North Lincolnshire
  • North Yorkshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 March 1995: Standard registration
  • 07 July 2023: Funds received from 1172985 FLETCHER'S FUND
  • 01 August 2024: Funds received from 1163599 ELLIE-MAI FUND
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
KEITH ANTHONY HARDCASTLE Chair
None on record
Dale Lawson Trustee 09 October 2024
None on record
Rohan Randhawa Trustee 04 October 2023
None on record
Julie White Trustee 28 September 2022
None on record
Dr Simone Wilkins Trustee 29 September 2021
None on record
Gregory John Felgate Trustee 23 September 2020
None on record
David Mayman Trustee 06 November 2018
None on record
John Robert Goodden Trustee 12 September 2018
None on record
Susan Mariea Patterson Trustee 25 February 2015
None on record
Dr MARTIN ELLIOTT Trustee
NEUROBLASTOMA UK
Received: On time
DOCTOR EDWARD MICHAEL RICHARDS Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 29/02/2020 28/02/2021 28/02/2022 28/02/2023 29/02/2024
Total gross income £1.78m £2.21m £1.46m £2.14m £1.77m
Total expenditure £2.07m £1.60m £2.10m £2.00m £2.63m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £153.87k £2.73k £16.51k N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.62m £2.09m £1.35m £2.03m £1.65m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £8.53k
Income - Charitable activities £12.72k £4.04k £11.24k £8.39k £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £139.40k £108.18k £99.32k £109.91k £110.67k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £204.73k £774.22k £3.57k £400.06k £62.34k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.50m £1.10m £1.67m £1.53m £2.09m
Expenditure - Raising funds £566.96k £507.60k £427.18k £471.35k £543.04k
Expenditure - Governance £17.84k £21.71k £23.42k £24.83k £24.16k
Expenditure - Grants institution £631.52k £93.38k £620.59k £173.09k £624.50k
Expenditure - Investment management £19.54k £22.22k £26.49k £24.49k £25.08k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 29/02/2020 28/02/2021 28/02/2022 28/02/2023 29/02/2024
Own use assets £846.38k £597.38k £555.53k £525.90k £465.14k
Long-term investments £3.23m £3.43m £3.40m £3.21m £2.60m
Other assets £928.63k £1.44m £1.15m £888.02k £623.36k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.63m £1.28m £1.55m £1.14m £1.01m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 29 February 2024 04 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 29 February 2024 04 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2023 02 November 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2023 02 November 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2022 08 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2022 08 December 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2021 29 November 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2021 29 November 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 February 2020 24 November 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 29 February 2020 24 November 2020 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/02/1995 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/01/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 FEB 2017 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 MAR 2017 as amended on 13 Jun 2018

Charitable objects

1.THE ALLEVIATION OF THE SUFFERING, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE RELIEF, CARE, WELL-BEING, AND REHABILITATION, OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFLICTED WITH ANY FORM OF MALIGNANT DISEASE OR A NON-MALIGNANT BUT LIFE THREATENING HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDER, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF, OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTED BY, HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE; 2.THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS FORMERLY UNDER THE CARE OF, OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTED BY, HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE, PARTICULARLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ORIGINAL DISEASE OR DISORDER OR ITS TREATMENT; 3.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONGST FAMILIES AND CARERS OF, OR OTHER PEOPLE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO, INDIVIDUALS FALLING UNDER OBJECTS 1 OR 2 AND THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND OTHER SUPPORT IN THEIR ROLE OF CARING FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS; 4.THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE LEGALLY CHARITABLE IN THE WORK OF HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT FOR USE WITHIN HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OF HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, IN WHATEVER WAYS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING WITHIN OR CONNECTED WITH HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
Candlelighters
8 Woodhouse Square
Leeds
LS3 1AD
Phone:
0113 3229283
Email:
info@candlelighters.org.uk
Website:

candlelighters.org.uk