Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
First Light South Asia
- 5 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Nepal, Bangladesh, India
- Registered
- 2024
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO, OR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND/OR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN SOUTH ASIA BY MAKING GRANTS PARTICULARLY TO NAYA KADAM TO SUPPORT ITS CHARITABLE WORK AND TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE THESE NEEDS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Anna Townsend Chair since 2024
- David Masters since 2024
- Helen Jill Malbon since 2024
- Paul Smith since 2024
- Sarah Richardson since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- David Masters since 2024
- Helen Jill Malbon since 2024
- Paul Smith since 2024
- Sarah Richardson since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Anna Townsend Chair since 2024
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1210382
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED ON
- Contact on the register
- 07561539288 · firstlight.southasia@gmail.com
- 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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