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Shine-A-Light Children Foundation

Shine-A-Light Children Foundation is a registered charity (number 1146353) based in Watford, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Festus Abayomi Orekoya since 2012. Latest income £0 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Shine-A-Light for Children (Charity Commission)

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £0 (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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Kenya, Nigeria, Throughout England
Website
www.shine-a-light.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Shine-A-Light Children Foundation
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£0
  • 2023£500£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£6£444
  • 2021£41£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SUCH PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY) TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, HANDICAP AND DISTRESS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF MAJORITY LIVING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.TO PROVIDE GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO CHARITIES AND OTHER GROUPS WORKING FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED IN CHILDREN WORLDWIDE.TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT.

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

6y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 3Finance 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1146353
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 MAR 2010
Companies House
Company number 07208964 · Active
Contact on the register
01923904795 · info@shine-a-light.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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