Registered charity · London
Pilotlight
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alison Mary ForrestalChair · since 2024
- Amanda Louise RothwellTrustee · since 2022
- Anna MoultonTrustee · since 2025
- David WilkinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Finia KuhlmannTrustee · since 2022
- Gareth SimpsonTrustee · since 2025
- Kate CramerTrustee · since 2025
- Katherine Theresa Stewart MathiesonTrustee · since 2021
- Mei Li PowellTrustee · since 2021
- Nicola Loraine PyeTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.pilotlight.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Pilotlight
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.7m£1.7m
- 2023£1.5m£1.7m
- 2022£1.4m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.2m£1.4m
- 2020£1.2m£1.2m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS REGISTERED INSOFAR AS SUCH OBJECTS ARE CHARITABLE ARE:- 3.1 TO RELIEVE POVERTY; 3.2 TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ENDEAVOURING TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP, HOMELESSNESS, DISTRESS AND DEPRIVATION PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO FUND-RAISING; AND 3.3 TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD; AND SUCH OBJECTS SHALL BE SEPARATE AND INDIVIDUAL AND NOT LIMITED BY REFERENCE TO EACH OTHER.
Grants received
10 grants · £2,974,971 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £2,325,000 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £598,971 (6 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £51,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Alison Mary Forrestal Chair since 2024
- Amanda Louise Rothwell since 2022
- Anna Moulton since 2025
- David Wilkinson since 2025
- Finia Kuhlmann since 2022
- Gareth Simpson since 2025
- Kate Cramer since 2025
- Katherine Theresa Stewart Mathieson since 2021
- Mei Li Powell since 2021
- Nicola Loraine Pye since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alison Mary Forrestal Chair since 2024
- Amanda Louise Rothwell since 2022
- David Wilkinson since 2025
- Finia Kuhlmann since 2022
- Kate Cramer since 2025
- Katherine Theresa Stewart Mathieson since 2021
- Mei Li Powell since 2021
- Nicola Loraine Pye since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Anna Moulton since 2025
- Gareth Simpson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1059660
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 OCTOBER 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2007.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 AUG 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03270679 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02080012636 · admin@pilotlight.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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