FOUNDATION OF LIGHT

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

The Foundation strives to? Raise educational attainment; inspire a commitment to learning? Increase skills and access to employment by connecting people to the world of work? Enable people to develop healthier and happier lives; support the development of vibrant and respectful communities? Provide more opportunities for inclusive sport and play inspiring participation and achievement;

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a net expenditure of £215,093 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reduction from the previous year's £311,905. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves remain above the stated policy target of £750,000, with charity unrestricted reserves at £1,315,863. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FOUNDATION OF LIGHT (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT SYDNEY MURRAY CBEchair
• Baroness Estelle Morris · trustee of 2 other charities
• George Clarke
• HONOURABLE JAMES RAMSBOTHAM C.B.E.
• Jill Scott MBE
• KATE ADIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kyril Robert Leonid Louis-Dreyfus
• LADY TANNI GREY-THOMPSON
• Martin Hibbert
• SIR TIM RICE
• STEVE CRAM MBE

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

Operates in: Durham · South Tyneside · Spain · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

• THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £6.3m
• LSEG Foundation income £4.6m
• 13 FOUNDATION income £127k
• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEEDS income £4.5m
• THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION income £20.4m
• THE ARSENAL FOUNDATION income £625k

Side by side with its peers

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