Light Education Development

Analysis

Light Education Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06468130). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Light Education Development reported income of £40k and spending of £25k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £20k to £40k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Light Education Development sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Margaret Hayman Charitable Trust Fund (£40k), Manchester Environmental Education Network (£40k) and The Friends of St Edmund (K & M), Tendring (£40k).