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Sunlight Development Trust Limited

Sunlight Development Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 1126266) based in Gillingham, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Adam Robert William Price since 2012. Latest income £611k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £611k (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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
Where
Kent, Medway
Website
www.sunlighttrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sunlight Development Trust LTD
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£611k£595k
  • 2024£500k£480k
  • 2023£476k£442k
Earlier years
  • 2022£436k£453k
  • 2021£461k£394k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 8% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTHTHE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY OF DISADVANTAGE AND DISCRIMINATION.THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP:THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP, (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES:THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACES, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR THE USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS:THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING.THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES:THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT:THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE:THE REHABILITATION OF EX-OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIMESUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.S.

Grants received

24 grants · £354,152 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

5
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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

Business services 5Property 1

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£611k 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.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

16 from 16 in 2024
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.
8%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1126266
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JANUARY 2006AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 3 OCTOBER 2008
Companies House
Company number 05692427 · Active
Contact on the register
01634 581511 · info@sunlighttrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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