The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Daylight Christian Prison Trust

Registered charity 1104726 CIO Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

6.3y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Religious Activities 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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

Other services 2Construction 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£138k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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

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Contact

Websitewww.daylightcpt.org
Emailoffice@daylightcpt.org
Phone01245252735
Address126 NEW LONDON ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0RG

Finances

£216,679 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£187,650£160,017
2022£119,469£105,025
2023£115,463£121,494
2024£137,819£190,280
2025£216,679£207,852

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN PRISONS AND AMONGST THE FAMILIES OF PRISONERS) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG PRISONERS) IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.C) TO RELIEVE PERSONS (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 25 MAR 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
69median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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