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The Dashlight Foundation

The Dashlight Foundation is a registered charity (number 1184873) based in London, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £169k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £169k (2026)

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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
North Yorkshire
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£169k£371k
  • 2025£645k£372k
  • 2024£87k£310k
Earlier years
  • 2023£938k£385k
  • 2022£1.1m£356k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:1. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS OR INFIRMITY AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO OTHER CHARITIES REGISTERED UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH SUPPORT THOSE PURPOSES;2. THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN YORKSHIRE OF ANY ACTIVITIES IN YORKSHIRE WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO CHARITIES REGISTERED UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES OPERATING IN YORKSHIRE;3. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED;4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AFRICA BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER CHARITIES WORKING TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AFRICA OR GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL YOUNG PEOPLE IN AFRICA TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY AT ANY SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION;5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO OTHER CHARITIES REGISTERED UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH SUPPORT THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE INCLUDING MARINE WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITATS.

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

6.2y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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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 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

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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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£645k 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.

96.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 72.3 in 2021

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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
1184873
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 23 MAY 2019
Contact on the register
02072400403 · dashlight.fdn@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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