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Firstlight Trust

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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, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.firstlighttrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Firstlight Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023£671k£1.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.0m
  • 2021£671k£675k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH, AND THEREBY REHABILITATE LEAVING AND FORMER MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S SERVICES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AFFECTED BY PHYSICAL WOUNDS AND INJURY, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES OF DISEMPOWERMENT RESULTING FROM SERVICE LIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN LAW (AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

Grants received

19 grants · £626,074 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.

2 trustees on the board

13.5y median 13.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 2General Charitable Purposes 2

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 1

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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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 3 years.
2021
2022
2023
incomespending£671k latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.0 in 2021

30 from 26 in 2021
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.
94 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1149496
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 SEP 2012
Companies House
Company number 08226711 · Liquidation
Contact on the register
0207 730 7545 · office@firstlighttrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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