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The Five Lamps Organisation

Registered charity 702314 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout England, Scotland

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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

14.3y median 14y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education 2Business services 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.8m 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: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2020

129 from 128 in 2020
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.fivelamps.org.uk
Emailinfo@fivelamps.org.uk
Phone01642608316
AddressFIVE LAMPS CENTRE, ELDON STREET, THORNABY, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, TS17 7DJ

Finances

£3,807,483 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,899,857£3,759,274
2021£4,225,694£4,682,588
2022£3,129,589£3,909,488
2023£5,884,365£5,986,073
2024£3,807,483£3,559,368

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, WITHIN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING WITHIN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; B) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, GOODS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED; C) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONG SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE AND THE PROVISION OF WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE; E) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE , TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYABILITY FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR TO EXISTING BUSINESSES; F) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS; G) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND/OR THE REFURBISHMENT OF SUCH HOUSING; H) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE; I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; J) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND CAPACITY IN THOSE LIVING IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO BETTER IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND K) ANY OTHER PURPOSES CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 NOVEMBER 1989 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26 FEBRUARY 1992, 10 SEPTEMBER 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 SEP 2017

Trustees (3)

3trustees
70median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Five Lamps Organisation · 02441319 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/11/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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