KHANDEL LIGHT

Registered charity 1083200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Khandel Light was founded by Dr Peter Gough in 2000 after a visit to India. The charity works with Nirman Sanstha NGO in Khandel, Rajasthan, India to help the poorest families in this and surrounding villages with relief from drought, poverty, sickness, illiteracy and distress. In addition it helps to promote advancement in education and health education in this region of rural deprivation.

Objects

IN KHANDEL AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES IN RAJASTHAN INDIA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") TO SUPPORT HEALTH EDUCATION NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THESE VILLAGES AS PLACES TO LIVE WORK AND EDUCATE THEIR FAMILIES TO ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN AND RAISE THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO HELP THE BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY AND MIGRATION TO CITIES BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF A VIABLE WORTHWHILE AND REWARDING LOCAL COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: KHANDEL AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES IN RAJASTHAN INDIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Uttlesford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £80,499, which the trustees consider adequate to cover their minimum funding requirements of around £50,000. The charity reported a net income of £19,835 for the year, funded primarily by donations and gift aid. The trustees are actively seeking additional funding to maintain reserves, noting the risk of a short-term cessation of donations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2025 (received 10/03/2026, 10 days after the 28/02/2026 due date); year ending 30/04/2024 (received 19/03/2025, 19 days after the 28/02/2025 due date); year ending 30/04/2023 (received 12/03/2024, 12 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 21/03/2023, 21 days after the 28/02/2023 due date); year ending 30/04/2021 (received 06/04/2022, 37 days after the 28/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr PETER GOUGHchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• BRIDGET ISABEL GOUGH
• Emma Katherine Lacy
• KAREN ALISON MARRIOTT
• Kate Hurst
• MICHELLE ELIZABETH MARRIOTT
• Michell Renwick
• RICHARD JOHN BLAND
• THERESA GLYNIS MUDIE
• THERESA JENNIFER BLAND

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: India · Throughout England

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