FOUNDATION OF LIGHT

Registered charity 1089333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFC FOUNDATION

Latest income
£5.6m
Latest spending
£5.8m
Registered
2001

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£5.6m
Total spending
£5.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
148

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Durham · South Tyneside · Spain · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£5.6m£5.8m
31/08/2024£4.9m£5.2m
31/08/2023£4.3m£4.8m
31/08/2022£4.4m£4.9m
31/08/2021£3.8m£4.1m

Common questions

Who funds FOUNDATION OF LIGHT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOUNDATION OF LIGHT as a grant recipient include CRODA FOUNDATION, Point North Community Foundation, THE HARRISON FOUNDATION, THE HARRY AND JANICE BANKS FOUNDATION, CEO SLEEPOUT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/07/2021£247k"Coals to Goals"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/09/2007£25k"Football- so what?"