THE FIVE LAMPS ORGANISATION

Charity number: 702314
Charity reporting is up to date (185 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Five Lamps Organisation delivers Community Based Projects throughout Stockton, The Tees Valley, and now delivers Financial Inclusion work regionally. These projects are primarily involved in the following: Employment. Enterprise Education Home Care Health Young People Community Finance

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023

Total income:
£5,820,146

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Donations and legacies £99.95k
Charitable activities £3.13m
Other trading activities £0
Investments £19.29k
Other £2.57m

Total expenditure:
£5,986,073

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Raising funds £0
Charitable activities £5.99m
Other £0

£0 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 £0
Charitable expenditure £5.99m

People

122 Employee(s)

4 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 December 1989: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE FIVE LAMPS -THORNABY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE (Previous name)
  • THORNABY IMPASSE (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Homes England
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Jamie Houlders Trustee 01 April 2019
None on record
Trevor Watson Trustee 16 January 2013
None on record
PATRICIA CHAMBERS Trustee 06 June 2012
None on record
Vivienne Holmes Trustee 01 January 2010
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 30/09/2023
Total gross income £2.15m £2.90m £4.23m £3.13m £5.88m
Total expenditure £4.02m £3.76m £4.68m £3.91m £5.99m
Income from government contracts £966.48k £1.07m £1.29m £1.49m £0
Income from government grants N/A £35.66k £948.48k £222.07k £0
Income - Donations and legacies £2.74k £2.04k £610.23k £258.94k £99.95k
Income - Other trading activities £845.15k £1.70m £1.52m £480.56k £0
Income - Charitable activities £1.01m £1.12m £1.46m £1.59m £3.13m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £24.40k £24.70k £19.70k £25.74k £19.29k
Income - Other £266.19k £59.04k £614.49k £776.47k £2.57m
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.86m £3.33m £3.87m £3.83m £5.99m
Expenditure - Raising funds £155.24k £273.85k £97.61k £77.28k £0
Expenditure - Governance £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £160.38k £714.80k £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 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 30/09/2023
Own use assets £818.53k £757.36k £686.88k £933.17k £846.76k
Long-term investments £4.28m £4.79m £4.22m £3.74m £4.62m
Other assets £1.71m £713.92k £2.10m £2.19m £1.06m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £4.87m £5.19m £6.39m £6.79m £6.53m

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 30 September 2023 31 January 2025 185 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 31 January 2025 185 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 02 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 02 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2019 28 January 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 28 January 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 NOVEMBER 1989 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26 FEBRUARY 1992, 10 SEPTEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 SEP 2017

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, WITHIN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING WITHIN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; B) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, GOODS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED; C) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONG SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE AND THE PROVISION OF WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE; E) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE , TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYABILITY FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR TO EXISTING BUSINESSES; F) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS; G) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND/OR THE REFURBISHMENT OF SUCH HOUSING; H) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE; I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; J) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND CAPACITY IN THOSE LIVING IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO BETTER IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND K) ANY OTHER PURPOSES CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Area of benefit

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

THORNABY AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Contact information

Address:
FIVE LAMPS CENTRE
ELDON STREET
THORNABY
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS17 7DJ
Phone:
01642608316
Email:
info@fivelamps.org.uk
Website:

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