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CHILDREN AHEAD LTD

Registered charity 1138140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIGHTING THE WAY

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2010

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/07/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£24k
Reserves (reported)
£204k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
29/07/2025£1.5m£1.4m
29/07/2024£1.3m£1.3m
29/07/2023£1.2m£1.2m
29/07/2022£1.2m£1.2m
29/07/2021£986k£950k

Common questions

Who funds CHILDREN AHEAD LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILDREN AHEAD LTD as a grant recipient include THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, FRIENDS OF SHEKEL HAKODESH LIMITED, MYRDLE CHARITIES, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2024£63k
FRIENDS OF SHEKEL HAKODESH LIMITEDFY2023£14k
MYRDLE CHARITIESFY2023£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k