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Light Education Development

Light Education Development is a registered charity (number 1141243) based in London, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Gwen Buchan. Latest income £40k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as LED (Charity Commission)

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £40k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Barnet, Nepal, Peru
Website
www.lighteducationdevelopment.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Light Education Development
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£40k£25k
  • 2024£16k£15k
  • 2023£28k£27k
Earlier years
  • 2022£32k£18k
  • 2021£20k£29k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PERU, NEPAL AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD 1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION BY SUPPLYING SOLAR LIGHTS AND ARRANGING CONSERVATION HOLIDAYS FOR VOLUNTEERS.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND HEALTH WORKERS.3 ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION TO SCHOOLS AND COLLEAGUES OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, STATIONERY, TEACHING AIDS AND OTHER ITEMS OF ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATION.FOR THIS PURPOSE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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.

3 trustees on the board

11.5y median 11.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
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 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 3

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

Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£40k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1141243
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/12/2007
Companies House
Company number 06468130 · Active
Contact on the register
07515619839 · LED.charity@googlemail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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