Registered charity · Solihull
Lighthall Area Youth & Community Association
Lighthall Area Youth & Community Association is a registered charity (number 508601) based in Solihull, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by John George Shaw since 2021. Latest income £58k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Layca (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £58k (2025)
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
- Where
- Solihull
- Website
- apps.charitycommission.gov.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£58k£55k
- 2024£54k£53k
- 2023£53k£47k
Earlier years
- 2022£43k£39k
- 2021£34k£40k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW FO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2)
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
- John George Shaw Chair since 2021
- Ann Hunter since 2013
- Daphne Rayner since 2017
- Gary Michael Allport
Trustees past 6 years
- Ann Hunter since 2013
- Daphne Rayner since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- John George Shaw Chair since 2021
- Ann Hunter since 2013
- Daphne Rayner since 2017
- Gary Michael Allport
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 508601
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 DECEMBER 1978 AS AMENDED 21 MAY 1980.
- Contact on the register
- 01217441445 · layca1998@aol.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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