THE LIGHT FUND COMPANY

Registered charity 1145596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Light Fund is a fund-raising body set up by members of the UK Licensing industry to raise funds for specific charitable projects aimed at men, women and children.

Objects

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY AND FOR WHOM THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SPECIFIC BODIES CARING FOR SUCH PEOPLE WILL MAKE A DEMONSTRABLE DIFFERENCE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £9,155 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with unrestricted reserves standing at £14,045. The accounts state that there were no staff costs and no trustees' remuneration or expenses paid during the period. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern and note that resources are adequate to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07835798

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE LIGHT FUND (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Belly Button Designs — “This website was generously funded by Belly Button Designs” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FARMER, Russell Clive — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
• DUCKWORTH, Corinne Elyse — director, appointed 30/03/2025on trustee list
• STOPHER, Helena Elizabeth — director, appointed 16/12/2021on trustee list
• WEBSTER, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 16/12/2021on trustee list
• SALISBURY, Alexandra — director, appointed 16/12/2021on trustee list
• HULL, Graham Michael — director, appointed 16/12/2021on trustee list
• BRADFORD, Anne Frances — director, appointed 26/02/2021on trustee list
• SEGALOV, Sabrina — director, appointed 09/03/2018on trustee list
• HYDER, Ian David — director, appointed 04/11/2011on trustee list
• BROWN, Jacqueline Ann — director, appointed 04/11/2011on trustee list
• HOLMAN, Ashley Arun Sidney — director, appointed 04/11/2011on trustee list
• JONES, Trevor Charles — director, appointed 04/11/2011on trustee list
• SCOTT, David William — director, appointed 04/11/2011not on trustee list
• DOWNES, Ian Michael — secretary, appointed 25/10/2022

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ASHLEY ARUN SIDNEY HOLMAN
• Alexandra Salisbury
• Anne Frances Bradford
• Corinne Elyse Duckworth
• DAVID WILLIAM SCOTT DW
• Graham Hull
• Helena Elisabeth Stopher
• IAN DAVID HYDER
• Ian Michael Downes
• JACQUELINE ANN BROWN
• Nicola Jane Webster
• RUSSELL CLIVE FARMER
• Robyn Cowling
• Sabrina Segalov
• TREVOR CHARLES JONES

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

Operates in: Kenya · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 LIGHT.

• LIGHT income £806k
• FOUNDATION OF LIGHT income £5.6m
• LIGHTEN EDUCATION NETWORK income £33.1m
• LIGHT LONDON income £602k
• A LIGHT IN THE DARK income £81k
• THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS income £994k

Side by side with its peers

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