Registered charity · Bournemouth
Lightyear Foundation LTD
- 10 trustees
- Income £239k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anthony Alan DoddTrustee · since 2025
- Chloe AskewTrustee · since 2025
- Clive GilbertTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Josie RawesTrustee · since 2023
- George Oscar O'BrienTrustee · since 2025
- Julie EshlemanTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa Katherine NicholasTrustee · since 2025
- Lucy Jane WilliamsTrustee · since 2021
- Mitchel Paxton VidlerTrustee · since 2025
- Puneet Paul ThukralTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.lightyearfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Lightyear Foundation LTD
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£239k£198k
- 2024£230k£127k
- 2023£159k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£108k£91k
- 2021£105k£83k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AMONGST SCHOOLCHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE UK AND ABROAD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING BY:-HELPING ESTABLISH SCIENCE-ORIENTED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOLS IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS-ORGANISING EVENTS WHICH PROMOTE AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE-INVESTIGATING AND USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Grants received
14 grants · £158,652 total360Giving 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
- The Funding Network · £40,050 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)
- John Lyon's Charity · £37,800 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £15,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £10,000 (2 grants)
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Anthony Alan Dodd since 2025
- Chloe Askew since 2025
- Clive Gilbert since 2022
- Dr Josie Rawes since 2023
- George Oscar O'Brien since 2025
- Julie Eshleman since 2025
- Lisa Katherine Nicholas since 2025
- Lucy Jane Williams since 2021
- Mitchel Paxton Vidler since 2025
- Puneet Paul Thukral since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Anthony Alan Dodd since 2025
- Chloe Askew since 2025
- Clive Gilbert since 2022
- Dr Josie Rawes since 2023
- George Oscar O'Brien since 2025
- Julie Eshleman since 2025
- Lisa Katherine Nicholas since 2025
- Lucy Jane Williams since 2021
- Mitchel Paxton Vidler since 2025
- Puneet Paul Thukral since 2025
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1150231
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/07/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08151118 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07545899729 · Info@lightyearfoundation.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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