01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 8 September 1997
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £42,641
- Latest expenditure
- £42,047
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 6 Groveside Park, BURNLEY, Lancashire, BB12 6HE
02 Activities
What the charity does
To relieve poverty in Serbia and elsewhere in the world as the trustees decide. Also to reach people with the Christian faith
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £42,641
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £42,047
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £37,681
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £41,185
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £30,912
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £43,028
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £29,707
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £49,084
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £27,915
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,133
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 29 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £42,641
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £42,047
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £37,681
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £41,185
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 18 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £30,912
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £43,028
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £29,707
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £49,084
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 3 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £27,915
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,133
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Serbia
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRIES
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1997-09-08T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 15 JUNE 1997
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SERBIA AND IN SUCH PARTS OF EUROPE OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FITTO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SERBIA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT
- Area Of Benefit
- WORLDWIDE
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures