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Registered charity (CIO) · London

Light for the World CIO

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £538k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Bangladesh, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia and more
Website
www.light-for-the-world.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£538k£536k
  • 2023£494k£494k
  • 2022£752k£753k
Earlier years
  • 2021£435k£435k
  • 2020£841k£841k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, (A) TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BLINDNESS OR RESTRICTED VISION, AND TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHICH CAUSE BLINDNESS OR RESTRICTED VISION, BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE SERVICES AND PROMOTING ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE; (B) TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THESE, AND OTHER FORMS OF DISABILITY BY PROMOTING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE SERVICES TO THOSE AFFECTED, WHERE POSSIBLE TOGETHER WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. (C) TO ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THOSE SO AFFECTED, BY CONTRIBUTING TO A WORLD IN WHICH PERSONS WITH DISABILITY CAN FULLY EXERCISE THOSE RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES) AND BY ADVOCATING, AND RAISING AWARENESS OF, THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AT NATIONAL, EU, AND UN LEVEL

Grants received

4 grants · £1,086,413 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,086,413 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £32,7292019-03-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £578,9132019-03-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £325,4102018-03-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £149,3612017-03-24
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

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.5y
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.

Disability 2Education/training 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£538k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

0
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1166008
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Mar 2016
Contact on the register
+44 7341 281 516 · info@light-for-the-world.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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