A Spark in the Dark LTD

Registered charity 1199465 Registered since 2022

Operates: Barnet, Haringey

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Baruch Izak Chair since 2021
Shneur Zalman Goldman since 2025
Yoel Schwartz since 2021

3.7y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Baruch Izak Chair since 2021
Shneur Zalman Goldman since 2025

Portfolio (1)

Yoel Schwartz since 2021

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 4Health and social care 2Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£659k 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.

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

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The British Friends of Ezer Mizion 1 shared trustee
Legadel 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Tuberous Sclerosis Association Similar size; both Disability
Bexley Crossroads Care Limited Similar size; both Disability
The Bellasis Trust Similar size; both Disability
Crawley Community Action Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.asparkinthedark.org.uk
Email	Asitdltd@gmail.com
Phone	07391012715
Address	Flat 1, 100 hamilton Road, NW11 9DY

Finances

£658,873 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2022	£28,170	£25,724
2023	£121,068	£123,492
2024	£658,873	£619,649

What it does

What

Disability

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO PROMOTE TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION, SUPPORT AND CARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 JAN 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 JUN 2022

Trustees (3)

3trustees

39median age

0aged 70+

Baruch Izakage band 30-34 Chair since 2021
Shneur Zalman Goldman since 2025
Yoel Schwartzage band 45-49 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

A Spark in the Dark LTD · 13793890 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/12/2021

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

The British Friends of Ezer Mizion 1 shared trustee
Legadel 1 shared trustee

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