LIGHT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

Registered charity 1141243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LED

Educational supplies have been donated to over 20 Peruvian schools. Medical supplies and solar lights have been distributed to remote villages in Peru, India and Nepal.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PERU, NEPAL AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD 1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION BY SUPPLYING SOLAR LIGHTS AND ARRANGING CONSERVATION HOLIDAYS FOR VOLUNTEERS.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND HEALTH WORKERS.3 ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION TO SCHOOLS AND COLLEAGUES OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, STATIONERY, TEACHING AIDS AND OTHER ITEMS OF ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATION.FOR THIS PURPOSE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £35,876 at the end of the financial year, an increase from £19,833 the previous year. The trustees report that activities are based on available funds and it is not the intent to retain reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Light Education Development (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GWEN BUCHANchair
• Dr MICHAEL SMITH
• Mary Helen Loosemore

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

Operates in: Barnet · Nepal · Peru

Income and spending

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