The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Lumos Foundation

Registered charity 1112575 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England, Colombia, Moldova, Ukraine, United States, Kenya

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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

2y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 9Tech and media 5Finance 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.7m latest income
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.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.5 in 2020

49 from 142 in 2020
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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wearelumos.org
Emailinfo@wearelumos.org
Phone 07815 980928
AddressLumos Foundation, 3 - 7 Temple Chambers, London, EC4Y 0DA

Finances

£5,748,174 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£5,518,210£9,925,743
2021£4,944,068£8,181,234
2022£7,149,879£7,410,770
2023£7,887,821£4,963,793
2024£5,748,174£6,471,685

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

3.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; AND3.2 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 NOVEMBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 16 DECEMBER 2005 AND AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 FEBRUARY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/02/2016 as amended on 14 Dec 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lumos Foundation · 05611912 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/11/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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