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Charity number: 1090457
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Activities - how the charity spends its money
First Light provide specialist support to victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse including advice and support through the criminal justice process, therapeutic support, crisis intervention and Sexual Assault Referral Centre services.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending31 March 2023
Total income:
£4,801,006
| Donations and legacies | £4.79m | |
| Charitable activities | £1.60k | |
| Other trading activities | £0 | |
| Investments | £5.53k | |
| Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£4,607,827
| Raising funds | £50.91k | |
| Charitable activities | £4.56m | |
| Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £4,305,238 from 12 government grant(s)
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.
| Income generation and governance | £50.91k | |
| Charitable expenditure | £4.56m | |
| Retained for future use | £193.18k |
People
105 Employee(s)
9 Trustee(s)
9 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
|---|---|
| £60k to £70k | 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 the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Registration history:
- 06 February 2002:Standard registration
- 11 July 2019:Funds received from 1148776 SKOODHYA LIMITED
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- First Light(Working name)
- TWELVES COMPANY(Previous name)
Company number:
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
- 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 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
9 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Michelle Davies | Trustee | 22 November 2022 |
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| Franka Fueller | Trustee | 04 October 2022 |
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| Christopher Jones | Trustee | 04 October 2022 |
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| Sophie Dupre-Echeverria | Trustee | 11 July 2022 |
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| Adrian Anthony Foulger | Trustee | 07 June 2022 |
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| Beate Van Loo-Born | Trustee | 07 June 2022 |
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| Tim Smith | Trustee | 05 March 2020 |
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| Alison Chitty | Trustee | 26 May 2016 |
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| Vikki Martin | Trustee | 01 February 2016 |
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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 | £2.07m | £2.64m | £3.36m | £4.19m | £4.80m | ||
| Total expenditure | £2.16m | £2.40m | £2.67m | £3.53m | £4.61m | ||
| Income from government contracts | N/A | £2.21m | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Income from government grants | £2.04m | £319.45k | £3.01m | £3.89m | £4.31m | ||
| Income - Donations and legacies | £2.06m | £2.64m | £3.35m | £4.19m | £4.79m | ||
| Income - Other trading activities | £1.80k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Income - Charitable activities | £7.27k | £4.82k | £7.35k | £400 | £1.60k | ||
| Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Income - Investment | £240 | £263 | £70 | £46 | £5.53k | ||
| Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.16m | £2.40m | £2.67m | £3.48m | £4.56m | ||
| Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £4.81k | £0 | £44.70k | £50.91k | ||
| Expenditure - Governance | £14.91k | £14.49k | £15.74k | £19.88k | £12.28k | ||
| Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £15.00k | £504.61k | £792.81k | £924.26k | ||
| Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
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.
| Asset / Liability | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own use assets | £50.90k | £48.54k | £53.19k | £66.30k | £98.06k | ||
| Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Other assets | £707.54k | £1.14m | £1.86m | £2.93m | £2.45m | ||
| Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||
| Total liabilities | £329.08k | £520.30k | £557.51k | £980.29k | £340.57k |
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 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 20 January 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 20 January 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 04 January 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 04 January 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 19 November 2020 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 19 November 2020 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2019 | 26 November 2019 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2019 | 26 November 2019 | 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 26 SEP 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 OCT 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JAN 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 APR 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03 APR 2017 as amended on 12 Jan 2023
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT FOR THOSE LIVING, WORKING AND VISITING ENGLAND AND WALES, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE INHABITANTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, PARTICULARLY THOSE AFFECTED BY INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND
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