The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Light on the Mount

Registered charity 1074480 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

14y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 3General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Retail and trade 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£36k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.books-plus.org.uk/
Emailinfo@books-plus.org.uk
Phone029 2075 2800
Address19 FRANKLEN ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 1HR

Finances

£36,411 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£37,526£60,261
2022£96,844£94,743
2023£6,240£11,581
2024£13,385£13,040
2025£36,411£22,576

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA COMMUNICATIONB) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF SOUTH WALES BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 JULY 1998

Trustees (3)

3trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Light on the Mount · 03590949 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/07/1998

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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