Company · Bournemouth
Lightyear Foundation LTD
Primary education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Lightyear Foundation LTD. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- George Oscar O'BrienDirector · since 2025
- Mitchel Paxton VidlerDirector · since 2025
- Julie Elizabeth EshlemanDirector · since 2025
- Lisa Katherine NicholasDirector · since 2025
- Chloe Elise AskewDirector · since 2025
- Anthony Alan DoddDirector · since 2025
- Puneet Paul Singh ThukralDirector · since 2025
- Clive GilbertDirector · since 2022
- Lucy Jane WilliamsDirector · since 2021
- Dr Josie RawesDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 25
- Dr Camila Devis-Rozental 2023-2025 View profile
- Nathan Macabuag 2022-2024 View profile
- Kirshen Govender 2022-2025 View profile
- Peter James Jon Roberts 2021-2025 View profile
- Dr Camilla Sih Mai Pang 2020-2025 View profile
- Nathan March 2019-2022 View profile
- Chintan Jayesh Khamar 2019-2022 View profile
- Kerry Anne Michelle Nelson 2019-2022 View profile
- Lewis Alexander Honey 2019-2022 View profile
- Dr Colin Andrew Church 2018-2021 View profile
- Francesca Mei Ling Ooi 2017-2020 View profile
- Sowmi Krishnamurthy 2015-2017 View profile
- Dr Robert Mark Massey 2015-2021 View profile
- Mandip Englund 2015-2019 View profile
- Annabella Jane Lear 2014-2019 View profile
- David Price 2014-2015 View profile
- Richard Bryan Hall 2014-2016 View profile
- Peter Alexander Horne 2013-2018 View profile
- Mark Nicholas Paul Taylor 2013-2014 View profile
- Laura Rosemary Youngson 2012-2017 View profile
- Douglas James Cook 2012-2013 View profile
- Sarah Jayne Higgins 2012-2013 View profile
- James Christopher Longstaff 2012-2013 View profile
- Ian Anthony Pert 2012-2016 View profile
- Frances Anne Ling 2012-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Primary education; General secondary education
- Incorporated
- 20/07/2012
- Registered office
- Bournemouth
- Also a registered charity
- Lightyear Foundation LTD
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Sowmi Krishnamurthy ceased 2017-11-30
significant influence · notified 2016-07-20
Group
- Lightyear Foundation LTD
is controlled by Sowmi Krishnamurthy
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-07-20, ceased 2017-11-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Sowmi Krishnamurthy.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £310,200
- Cash
- £179,633
- Employees
- 4
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,980 total360Giving 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 · £9,980
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- George Oscar O'Brien Director · appointed 2025
- Mitchel Paxton Vidler Director · appointed 2025
- Julie Elizabeth Eshleman Director · appointed 2025
- Lisa Katherine Nicholas Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Jane Williams Director · appointed 2021
- Clive Gilbert Director · appointed 2022
- Chloe Elise Askew Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Josie Rawes Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Alan Dodd Director · appointed 2025
- Puneet Paul Singh Thukral Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Josie Rawes Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- George Oscar O'Brien Director · appointed 2025
- Julie Elizabeth Eshleman Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Jane Williams Director · appointed 2021
- Clive Gilbert Director · appointed 2022
- Chloe Elise Askew Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Josie Rawes Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Alan Dodd Director · appointed 2025
- Puneet Paul Singh Thukral Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Mitchel Paxton Vidler Director · appointed 2025
- Lisa Katherine Nicholas Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Peter James Jon Roberts Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08151118
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data