Registered charity · No. 1075845Charitable company
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The Lantern Community
Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
The Lantern Community is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, education/training, disability.
The Lantern Community (number 1075845) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Lantern Community do?
To provide supported accommodation and meaningful work activities to residents with a Learning Disability who hold their own tenancy in the charity's property. To provide meaningful work activities to non-residents with a learning disability.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Lantern Community
Answers The Lantern Community gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Lantern Community's highest-paid staff paid?
The Lantern Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does The Lantern Community's money come from?
The Lantern Community reported £4.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £4m (87%), donations and legacies £440k (10%), investments £147k (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £76k.
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£4m · 87%
Donations and legacies£440k · 10%
Investments£147k · 3%
Other income£13k · 0%
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records The Lantern Community as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
The Lantern Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Lantern Community registered for?
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisability
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Lantern Community yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Lantern Community.
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The register data used for this profile lists The Lantern Community as a registered charity (number 1075845) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Lantern Community's charity number?
The Lantern Community's charity number is 1075845. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1075845?
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What does The Lantern Community do?
To provide supported accommodation and meaningful work activities to residents with a Learning Disability who hold their own tenancy in the charity's property. To provide meaningful work activities to non-residents with a learning disability.
Does The Lantern Community have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Lantern Community. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Lantern Community?
The Lantern Community's website listed in our register data is http://www.lanterncommunity.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Lantern Community's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Lantern Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Lantern Community's money come from?
The Lantern Community reported £4.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £4m (87%), donations and legacies £440k (10%), investments £147k (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £76k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Lantern Community?
The register records The Lantern Community as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Lantern Community's trustees paid?
The Lantern Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Lantern Community previously called?
The register lists this previous name for The Lantern Community: The Lantern Retreat.
When was The Lantern Community registered as a charity?
The Lantern Community was entered on the register on 4 June 1999. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03773749).