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Registered charity · London

The Light Fund Company

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £126k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Kenya
Website
www.lightfund.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Light Fund Company
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£126k£138k
  • 2024£152k£171k
  • 2023£392k£385k
Earlier years
  • 2022£101k£86k
  • 2021£107k£106k
Charitable objects

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY AND FOR WHOM THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SPECIFIC BODIES CARING FOR SUCH PEOPLE WILL MAKE A DEMONSTRABLE DIFFERENCE.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

7.7y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

14
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 15

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 14Business services 7Professional services 5

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£126k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
1145596
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/11/2011
Companies House
Company number 07835798 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7700 6740 · info@lightfund.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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