Lighthouse (British organisation)

Lighthouse, also known as Lighthouse International Group, is a British cult founded in 2012 by Paul Waugh, which presented itself as a life-coaching group. The group existed in previous iterations, first under the name 'Franklin Waugh' and then under the name 'The Entrepreneurial Club'. The group was the subject of a BBC Three documentary first broadcast in April 2023, titled A Very British Cult, as well as a BBC podcast of the same name. The company known as Lighthouse International was wound up by court order in 2023 but the group itself continued to exist and was trading in 2023 as Lighthouse Global, and set up groups including 'Parents Against Trolls' and 'Business Against Trolls'. Lighthouse also ran a company known as 'Lighthouse Kidz', dissolved in October 2023, which ran parenting classes. In 2025 the group's business entity was Lighthouse International Group Holdings Trading LLP; the Lighthouse Web site continued to solicit donations.