LET THEM SHINE

Registered charity 1142281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty anywhere in the world by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self sufficient.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rother, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£23k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £47,125, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding 12 months of financial coverage. The accounts state there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient financial coverage for 12 months (reserves figure: £47k)
“Plus, in the case of lean times, the policy is to hold sufficient financial coverage for 12 months.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 2

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Let Them Shine (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£42k£23k
31/03/2025£24k£18k
31/03/2024£24k£18k
31/03/2023£23k£14k
31/03/2022£19k£18k

Common questions

Is LET THEM SHINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £47,125, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding 12 months of financial coverage. The accounts state there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOTSPUR TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£3k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A LIGHT IN THE DARK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LET THEM SHINE£42k——unclear—no doubt
A LIGHT IN THE DARK FY2026£81k——unclear—no doubt
NEEDS INTERNATIONAL FY2025£251k—0below—no doubt
MILLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£587k—0above—no doubt
THE MAXEM TRUST FY2025£40k—0above—no doubt
MICHAEL AND SARAH SPENCER FOUNDATION FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.