Torchlight Services
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 119265759RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($669,941) as filed with the CRA.
Torchlight Services is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $683K in revenue and $670K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $134.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Torchlight Services advocates for promotes and facilitates the full participation inclusion and empowerment of people who have developmental disabilities within the community. The objectives of our programs are to facilitate the inclusion integration and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities. We provide opportunities to learn and expand on life and independence skills through recreation education and volunteer experiences on site and within the community. Our participants gain a sense of accomplishment learn stay safe and are treated with equality and fairness. Torchli…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $683K | $670K | $608K | $1,391 | $0 | $200K |
| 2023 | $669K | $670K | $603K | $3,043 | $0 | $187K |
| 2022 | $694K | $744K | $744K | $0 | $0 | $188K |
| 2021 | $606K | $575K | $512K | $150 | $0 | $239K |
| 2020 | $524K | $523K | $446K | $2,834 | $0 | $208K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $134 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$475K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoff Pantling (president); Scott Jamieson (secretary); Donald Speers (treasurer); Richard Woolfrey (director); Diane Harvey (director); Diana Beliski (director); Amber Cooper (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Torchlight Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119265759RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.