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Lantern of Knowledge Educational Trust
Lantern of Knowledge Educational Trust is a registered charity (number 1111331) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Imran Sidyot. Latest income £612k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Lantern of Knowledge Educational Institute (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £612k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.lanternofknowledge.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£612k£672k
- 2024£591k£602k
- 2023£610k£553k
Earlier years
- 2022£546k£510k
- 2021£561k£483k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENANTS AND DOCTRINES OF SUNNI ISLAM.3.2 TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENANTS AND DOCTRINES OF SUNNI ISLAM.3.3 TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS IN AND BY PROMOTING RESPECT, TOLERANCE AND HARMONY BETWEEN DIFFERING CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE TRUE VALUES OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH.3.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES RECOGNISED UNDER ENGLISH LAW AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Imran Sidyot Chair
- Ameer Badsha since 2018
- Ismail Sidyot
- MR Farooq Ismailjee
Trustees past 6 years
- Ameer Badsha since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Imran Sidyot Chair
- Ameer Badsha since 2018
- Ismail Sidyot
- MR Farooq Ismailjee
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1111331
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 SEPTEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY A SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 14 SEPTEMBER 2005
- Contact on the register
- 02085395183 · sidyot@aol.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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