Lighthouse Women's AID Limited

Registered charity 1069296 Registered since 1998

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

7.3y median 6.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Catherine Bright since 2012
Rebecca Martin since 2016
Sandra Ablitt since 2013

13.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 9Other Charitable Purposes 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Hospitality 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£720k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.4 in 2021

28 from 29 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Dromintee Trust Similar size; both Housing
Birmingham Irish Association Similar size; both Housing
Project 34 Similar size; both Housing
Royal Benevolent and Educational Fund for Watermen and Lightermen Similar size; both Housing
The Smiles Foundation Similar size; both Housing
Worthing Women's AID Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.lighthousewa.org.uk
Email	admin@lighthousewa.org.uk
Phone	01473220770
Address	238 Felixstowe Road, IPSWICH, IP3 9AD

Finances

£720,094 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£770,376	£745,048
2022	£742,906	£757,906
2023	£824,996	£871,483
2024	£728,633	£829,384
2025	£720,094	£810,413

What it does

What

Accommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO SUPPORT ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE OR VIOLENCE. THE CHARITY WILL DO THIS BY PROVIDING A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PREVENTATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/09/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14/01/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/03/2013

Trustees (9)

9trustees

61median age

2aged 70+

Sarah Harveyage band 70-74 Chair
Catherine Brightage band 50-54 since 2012
Cynthia Glinosage band 65-69
Emma Jane Miramsage band 45-49 since 2025
Judith Roseage band 80-84
Nina Livermoreage band 50-54 since 2023
Rebecca Martinage band 60-64 since 2016
Sandra Ablittage band 60-64 since 2013
Zoe Diane Woodsage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Lighthouse Women's AID Limited · 03532428 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/03/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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