SEEKER'S LIGHT TRUST

Charity number: 289860
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Supplying Christian Literature via the Lighthouse bookshop, bookcases in churches and bookstalls at Christian events

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2023

Total income: £51,831
Total expenditure: £77,768

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:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Swindon
  • Wiltshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 August 1984: Standard registration
  • 08 August 2024: Removed (Ceased to exist)
  • 08 August 2024: Funds transferred to 1015793 CLC INTERNATIONAL (UK)
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE LIGHTHOUSE BOOKSHOP (Working name)
  • SEEKER'S LIGHT (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023
Total gross income £79.50k £73.96k £67.46k £56.31k £51.83k
Total expenditure £85.00k £78.19k £54.35k £63.53k £77.77k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 31 March 2024 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 December 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 December 2023 On time
Annual return 31 March 2022 12 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 12 October 2022 On time
Annual return 31 March 2021 20 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 20 October 2021 On time
Annual return 31 March 2020 12 October 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 12 October 2020 On time

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.

TRUST DEED DATED 25TH JUNE 1984 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 16TH JULY 1990

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY ESTABLISHING BOOK STALLS IN CHURCHES AND WITH GROUPS OF CHRISTIANS IN COUNTRY AREAS AND DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE NO CHRISTIAN BOOK SHOPS READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM, WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF WILTSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE.

Area of benefit

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

WILTSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE