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The Five Lamps Organisation

  • 3 trustees

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 2 more
Where
Throughout England, Scotland
Website
www.fivelamps.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Five Lamps Organisation
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£3.8m£3.6m
  • 2023£5.9m£6.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.1m£3.9m
  • 2021£4.2m£4.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 55%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

17 grants · £1,126,924 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

Most recent

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.

3 trustees on the board

14.3y median 14y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

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

Tech and media 3Education 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
702314
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 02441319 · Active
Contact on the register
01642608316 · info@fivelamps.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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