The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Lantern Community

Registered charity 1075845 Registered since 1999

Operates: Dorset

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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.

9 trustees on the board

8.1y median 9.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

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

Health and social care 10Finance 5Tech and media 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£4.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.9 in 2021

107 from 97 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
56%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitewww.lanterncommunity.org.uk
Emailinfo@lanterncommunity.org.uk
Phone01425460191
AddressLantern, Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, RINGWOOD, BH24 2NN

Finances

£4,656,285 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,897,223£2,907,108
2022£2,850,175£2,701,613
2023£3,685,000£3,290,154
2024£3,869,489£3,639,788
2025£4,656,285£3,945,552

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

People With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH, PROVIDE CARE TO AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY (WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), THE YOUNG, THE OLD OR PEOPLE OTHERWISE IN NEED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF DR. RUDOLPH STEINER (AS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THESE ARTICLES), PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE FORM OF VILLAGES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, DAY CENTRES, KINDERGARTENS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES OR OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN WHICH BENEFICIARIES LIVE AND/OR WORK AND/OR TO WHICH THEY OTHERWISE RESORT IN COMMUNITY WITH PERSONS PROVIDING SUPPORT (KNOWN AS "CO-WORKERS").

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/05/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 SEP 2014 as amended on 25 Sep 2019

Trustees (9)

9trustees
67median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Lantern Community · 03773749 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/05/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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