Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester
Knowledge IS Light Foundation
Knowledge IS Light Foundation is a registered charity (number 1175162) based in Leicester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £324k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £324k (2025)
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, Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England, Malawi
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£324k£335k
- 2024£322k£319k
- 2023£389k£362k
Earlier years
- 2022£321k£315k
- 2021£90k£84k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, NURSERIES AND TRAINING CENTRES, AND THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID PERSONS;(2)TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONG POOR PEOPLE OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR THE SAID PERSONS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Abdul Gaffar Tayob since 2020
- Mahomed Faruk Ibrahim Patel since 2020
- Nauman Zahid Sheikh since 2024
- Wahid Abdul Sattar since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Abdul Gaffar Tayob since 2020
- Mahomed Faruk Ibrahim Patel since 2020
- Wahid Abdul Sattar since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Abdul Gaffar Tayob since 2020
- Mahomed Faruk Ibrahim Patel since 2020
- Nauman Zahid Sheikh since 2024
- Wahid Abdul Sattar since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1175162
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Oct 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07974949929 · donate@knowledgeislight.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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