The Lighthouse Chapel International
Charity 1110619
Overview
Summary
The Lighthouse Chapel International appears to be a faith-centred organisation whose primary role is religious advancement, with a stated international orientation spanning Europe and Africa. Its relief activity suggests that it may use its religious network or mission infrastructure to respond to poverty and disaster-related hardship. The available evidence indicates a broad charitable intent, but does not yet show how its religious and relief work are balanced, delivered, or connected to particular communities.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record for charity 1110619 states that it operates in Birmingham City, but does not identify any Birmingham service location, ward, venue, delivery programme or recipient organisation.
- The most recent available trustees' report for charity 1110619 describes regular church services, pastoral support, youth activity, homeless outreach and prison ministry, but does not state where these activities take place. It therefore cannot evidence a Birmingham ward or City Centre operational area.
- A separately registered charity, LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL BIRMINGHAM (charity 1169300; company 09796589), is active in Sparkhill, Birmingham. However, the available evidence does not establish that it is controlled by, a subsidiary of, funded by, or otherwise a material delivery partner of charity 1110619. Its site should not be attributed to the organisation in this record.
- The organisation's Birmingham footprint may be citywide in administrative reporting terms, but the evidence is insufficient to determine whether activity is concentrated in one neighbourhood, delivered across several neighbourhoods, or delivered through partners.
Additional evidence needed
- A current official service or church-location list for charity 1110619, identifying Birmingham venues and the activities delivered at each.
- The latest trustees' report or grant schedule naming Birmingham recipients, delivery partners, projects or sites.
- Documentary evidence clarifying the legal and operational relationship, if any, between charity 1110619 and LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL BIRMINGHAM (charity 1169300).
- Evidence of the frequency, scale and geographic reach within Birmingham of any services reported as operating in Birmingham City.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Other Defined Groups
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A transnational religious mission
The organisation appears to define its core purpose beyond a single locality, positioning Christian religious activity across Europe and Africa as its primary work.
Why it matters
This suggests its relationships, audiences and operating model may be shaped more by cross-border faith networks than by place-based service provision alone.
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“FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.”
Source:Charity Commission“The primary activity is the advancement of the Christian Religion Europe and Africa.”
Source:Organisation
Relief work may be a secondary expression of mission
Poverty alleviation and disaster relief appear to complement, rather than replace, the organisation's religious purpose. This may indicate an operating model in which pastoral, community and humanitarian activity overlap.
Why it matters
Understanding this relationship is important when considering potential partners: the organisation may bring trusted faith-based relationships to relief activity, but its delivery capacity is not evidenced.
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“The secondary activity is alleviating poverty and providing relief services to promote the well being of all people who have been stricken with plagues of natural and human disasters.”
Source:Organisation“Religious Activities”
Source:Charity Commission
The intended beneficiaries remain unusually undefined
The organisation states an ambition to support people affected by natural and human disasters, yet its recorded beneficiary category is broad and unspecified. It is unclear whether relief is targeted by geography, faith affiliation, disaster type or level of need.
Why it matters
This limits understanding of who is reached and where potential overlap or complementarity with other organisations may exist.
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“Other Defined Groups”
Source:Charity Commission“Providing relief services to promote the well being of all people who have been stricken with plagues of natural and human disasters.”
Source:Organisation
- Which countries, communities or congregations the organisation actively serves.
- Whether relief work is delivered directly, through partners, or through church networks.
- The scale, frequency and relative importance of religious and humanitarian activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports or accounts showing programmes, expenditure and locations of activity.
- Information on delivery partners, local congregations and beneficiary groups.
- Examples of recent relief responses and the services provided.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The primary activity is the advancement of the Christian Religion Europe and Africa. The secondary activity is alleviating poverty and providing relief services to promote the well being of all people who have been stricken with plagues of natural and human disasters.
Charity objects
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.