Houses of Light
What it does
We produce Christian resourcesWe produce a weekly Friday Newsletter to share testimonies of what God is doing at street level.We travel around the country sharing the vision to encourage Christians to pray for their neighbours, care for their neighbours and where opportunities allow share Jesus with their neighbours.We encourage unity among Christian organisations
Its charitable purposes
THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-3.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Religious activities
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides services
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £40,391 and spent £39,463.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £40,391 | £39,463 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 December 2024 | £39,581 | £39,237 | Not reported | 12 |
| 31 December 2023 | £41,457 | £41,569 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 December 2022 | £37,170 | £36,754 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 December 2021 | £47,567 | £48,182 | Not reported | 4 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 15%, from £47,567 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £40,391 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 98% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- India Griffiths
- Lyndall Patricia Bywater
- Ngozi Onochie
- Nicholas Harding
- Stephen Geoffrey Derges
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 7 October 2026, 24 days early | Received 7 October 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 23 July 2025, 100 days early | Received 23 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 21 August 2024, 71 days early | Received 21 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 12 September 2023, 49 days early | Received 12 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 12 September 2022, 49 days early | Received 12 September 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1150306
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 31 December 2012
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/12/2012 as amended on 11 Sept 2025
- Company number
- 08177520This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.housesoflight.net
- Council area of its contact address
- Neath Port Talbot
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.