Registered charity · Durham
Candle for India
- 6 trustees
- Income £14k (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
- India
- Website
- www.candleforindia.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£14k
- 2024£19k£29k
- 2023£10k£91
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£8k
- 2021£4k£23k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
A THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN INDIA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, TRAINING AND ADVICE, BOOKS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND OTHER FACILITIES TO PARTNER SCHOOLS, ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER MOTOR DISORDERS, PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIESB THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH FOR POORER COMMUNITIES IN INDIA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HEALTH EDUCATION, MEDICAL ADVICE, CARE AND ASSISTANCE ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER MOTOR DISORDERSC THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN INDIA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PROMOTION OF LITERACY, ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ENTERPRISES AND REHABILITATION OF DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PERSONSD THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN FAITH IN INDIA THROUGH THE TRAINING FOR PASTORS AND MISSIONARIES, SUPPORTING OR FUNDING CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS, EVANGELISTIC OUT REACH, PROVISION OF CHURCH BUILDING AND RELATED FACILITIES AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Caroline Clay Chair
- Diana Jane Barclay since 2012
- Josh Varghese Mathew since 2026
- Libu Thomas since 2026
- Mark Edward Hugh Speller Cpfa
- Mathew Vargheese
Trustees past 6 years
- Diana Jane Barclay since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Caroline Clay Chair
- Diana Jane Barclay since 2012
- Josh Varghese Mathew since 2026
- Libu Thomas since 2026
- Mark Edward Hugh Speller Cpfa
- Mathew Vargheese
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137035
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED MADE 14 OCTOBER 2009
- Contact on the register
- 07901987609 · candleforindiacharity@gmail.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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