LUMINARY LIMITED

Registered charity 1181835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Luminary Women (Luminary Ltd) works alongside women who've experienced multiple forms of disadvantage, including gender-based violence. We offer a holistic programme combining training, dedicated support work, community building & employment pathways. We use a trauma-informed approach to help women achieve empowerment, employment & independence, breaking cycles of poverty, violence & disadvantage.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £160,960, which is above the stated policy target of three months' core expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £72,164 for the year, with total funds increasing to £241,635, indicating stable financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11651624

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Luminary Limited (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WALIMUNI WIJESINGHE, Achini — director, appointed 02/12/2025not on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Rosy — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• WU, Jiamin — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• THAKRAR, Maria — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• LONGLEY, Caryl Annette — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• UPTON, Katherine — director, appointed 16/09/2024on trustee list
• THYNNE, Raphaela — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
• PILANI, Tandekile — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
• FEENEY, Diane — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
• FORDE, Cliona — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
• MILTON, Jacqueline — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
• FEENEY, Diane — secretary, appointed 10/06/2024

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacqueline Miltonchair
• Caryl Longley
• Cliona Forde
• Diane Feeney
• Jiamin Wu
• Katherine Upton
• Maria Thakrar
• Raphaela Thynne
• Rosy Phillips
• Tandekile Pilani
• Walimuni Wijesinghe

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).