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Registered charity (CIO) · Herts

Calais Light

Calais Light is a registered charity (number 1206481) based in Herts, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Mary Stretch since 2022. Latest income £54k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £54k (2025)
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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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, France
Website
www.calaislight.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2024

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£54k£36k
Charitable objects

A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC POSITION AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND/OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, BY PROVIDING:I) SELECTED AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND GRANTS TO ASSIST THOSE CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE UK AND NORTHERN FRANCEII) FOOD, GOOD QUALITY CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS OR SERVICES TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN THE UK AND NORTHERN FRANCE.III) A PLATFORM TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND/ OR PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO ASYLUM SEEKERS & REFUGEES.IV) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS;V) SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 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 · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002024-03-08
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.

6 trustees on the board

2.8y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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

Transport 4Professional services 1

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
1206481
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Jan 2024
Contact on the register
07859028172 · calaislight@yahoo.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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