PORCHLIGHT
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Shareholders' funds
£4,003,639
Balance sheet as at 2024-03-31
What it does
Porchlight is a Kent-based charity supporting people experiencing issues related to poverty, health and housing; with a focus on homelessness, mental health and community development through local delivery programmes.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1974-01-18
- Employees
- 199 (2024 accounts · was 219 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 15 New Town Street, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 1BX
- Postcode
- CT1 1BX
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-01-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 55900 Other accommodation
Officers 15 current · 86 resigned
Registered charity
PORCHLIGHT — charity number 267116
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7763784 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- porchlight.org.uk
- Phone
- 01227 760078
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PORCHLIGHT | 2008-07-30 |
| PORCHLIGHT LIMITED | 2008-06-10 |
| EAST KENT CYRENIANS LIMITED | 2008-06-10 |
| CANTERBURY CYRENIANS LIMITED | 2002-03-08 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CONCORDE HOUSE, 26A STOUR STREET, CANTERBURY, KENT CT1 2NZ | 2005-02-10 |
| 68 CASTLE ST, CANTERBURY, KENT, CT1 2QB | 1997-02-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 58 similar companies in CT
The largest employer among its local peers (199 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1974.
No.1 of the largest other accommodation companies in Canterbury →
Competitors Canterbury
This company ranks 1 among other accommodation in Canterbury.
The class of 1974
54%
of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 12 titles
- Freehold
- 7
- Leasehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2024-12-02
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,587,000
- Where
- Kent (12)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K313816 | Kent | Freehold | 2024-12-02 | £161,500 |
| K331438 | Kent | Freehold | 2024-12-02 | £156,000 |
| K603408 | Kent | Freehold | 2023-12-21 | £280,000 |
| K123935 | Kent | Freehold | 2021-08-23 | £235,500 |
| K84849 | Kent | Freehold | 2021-03-26 | £220,000 |
| TT118989 | Kent | Leasehold | 2021-01-20 | — |
| K534121 | Kent | Freehold | 2020-12-18 | £225,000 |
| K742334 | Kent | Leasehold | 2017-01-31 | £134,000 |
| K434877 | Kent | Freehold | 2016-09-27 | £175,000 |
| TT52246 | Kent | Leasehold | 2016-07-01 | — |
| K956277 | Kent | Leasehold | 2009-07-06 | — |
| K779001 | Kent | Leasehold | 1997-11-10 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.