Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds
Guiding Light Leads
Guiding Light Leads is a registered charity (number 1191339) based in Leeds, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Yvonne Opebiyi since 2020. Latest income £462 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 35, primarily but not exclusively of African and Caribbean origin living in Leeds, the Yorkshire regions and extending to other areas in England and Wales as the need arises by providing...
- 7 trustees
- Income £462 (2025)
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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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.guidinglightleads.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£462£462
- 2024£1k£0
- 2023£1k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£0
- 2021£3k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 100% · Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 35, primarily but not exclusively of African and Caribbean origin living in Leeds, the Yorkshire regions and extending to other areas in England and Wales as the need arises by providing advice and assistance and organizing programs of physical educational and other activities as a means of:a) Advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent mature and responsible individuals;b) Advancing education;c) Relieving unemployment
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Yvonne Opebiyi Chair since 2020
- Cara Anelia Merlinda Levine since 2023
- Hawa Bah since 2020
- Laura Linklater since 2024
- Oluwatoyin Opebiyi since 2023
- Vanessa Maynard since 2024
- Victoria Ogunrombi since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Yvonne Opebiyi Chair since 2020
- Hawa Bah since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Yvonne Opebiyi Chair since 2020
- Cara Anelia Merlinda Levine since 2023
- Laura Linklater since 2024
- Oluwatoyin Opebiyi since 2023
- Vanessa Maynard since 2024
- Victoria Ogunrombi since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Hawa Bah since 2020
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.
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
- 1191339
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Sep 2020 as amended on 05 Jun 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07721648994 · info@guidinglightleads.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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