Company
Lightwaves Community Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 8
- Sam Bedford 2019-2024 View profile
- John Vance Coulton 2017-2025 View profile
- Imtiaz Khan 2014-2017 View profile
- Anthony Brent Moran 2012-2022 View profile
- Tubraiz Usman Pervaiz 2012-2014 View profile
- Richard Beaver 2012-2017 View profile
- Jon Howard 2012-2025 View profile
- Ilonka Geertruda Maria Van Rijn 2012-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 25/09/2012
- Also a registered charity
- Lightwaves Community Trust
Financials
- Net assets
- £190,453
- Total assets
- £190,453
- Cash
- £227,138
- Employees
- 7
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
5 grants · £163,094 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
- Sport England · £54,930 (2 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £49,800
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £49,564
- Nova Wakefield · £8,800
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 directors on the board
- Karen Oates Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Mckigney Director · appointed 2018
- Mohammed Ayub Director · appointed 2012
- Hayley Jane Grocock Director · appointed 2019
- Julian Ellis Director · appointed 2025
- Gemma Louise Gamble Director · appointed 2025
- Nasim Aslam Director · appointed 2026
- Diana Maria Bracewell Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- Michael Mckigney Director · appointed 2018
- Mohammed Ayub Director · appointed 2012
- Hayley Jane Grocock Director · appointed 2019
- Diana Maria Bracewell Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Karen Oates Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Mckigney Director · appointed 2018
- Julian Ellis Director · appointed 2025
- Nasim Aslam Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Mohammed Ayub Director · appointed 2012
- Hayley Jane Grocock Director · appointed 2019
- Gemma Louise Gamble Director · appointed 2025
- Diana Maria Bracewell Director · appointed 2016
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- John Vance Coulton Director · appointed 2017 · 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08227390
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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