Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

LIGHTYEAR FOUNDATION LTD

To advance education in science amongst schoolchildren and adults in the UK, including by:- breaking down barriers to help disabled children and young adults participate in STEM- organising events which promote an interest in science- investigating and using new technology to communicate scientific knowledge and understanding

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£159	£72	£87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/12/22	£108	£91	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/12/21	£105	£83	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	135
31/12/20	£95	£89	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/12/19	£55	£31	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/12/18	£22	£38	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£40	£37	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£65	£57	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£26	£37	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£30	£14	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£26	£18	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.lightyearfoundation.org

Info@lightyearfoundation.org

07545899729

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
14 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

John Lyon's Charity	£37,800
The Funding Network	£22,741
Masonic Trust	£15,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£10,000
Crowdfunder	£4,822

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	12/09/2023	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£4,822	31/10/2022	Covid response
Quartet Community Foundation - Virtual Lab - unique fund matching opportunity
£5,000	06/01/2021 12	Environment themed science club taking social isolation amongst disabled teens whilst raising attainment in STEM.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Lightyear Foundation
£2,800	20/07/2020 12	Agents of Change Summer Club
The Funding Network - Lightyear Foundation
£14,750	18/06/2020	We break down barriers to get more disabled children into STEMM (Science Technology Engineering Maths Medicine) through: 1. Active learning 'Sensory Science' workshops 2. Role model programme, ....more We break down barriers to get more disabled children into STEMM (Science Technology Engineering Maths Medicine) through: 1. Active learning 'Sensory Science' workshops 2. Role model programme, highlighting disabled scientists 3. Work Inspiration Trips 4. SEN in STEMM - creative roundtables to share best practice across the sector To overcome the big global challenges, scientists and engineers need to come from all walks of life, bringing different experiences and problem solving abilities. Those with SEN often have an affinity with STEMM, many 'disabilities' are in fact advantageous e.g. fine attention to detail / comfort in repetition are skills of a successful coder and common to those with autism.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Pump Aid
£1,000	15/06/2020	Via The Funding Network, £1,000 LightYear
Woodward Charitable Trust - Work inspiration days for young people with disabilities
£500	15/11/2019	Towards the “work inspiration days” for young people with disabilities.
The Funding Network - SEN in STEMM
£7,991	26/09/2019	To transform how science is accessed by disabled children, a worryingly underrepresented audience in STEMM. 'SENinSTEMM' brings together science organisations + visitor attractions to collaboratively ....more To transform how science is accessed by disabled children, a worryingly underrepresented audience in STEMM. 'SENinSTEMM' brings together science organisations + visitor attractions to collaboratively improve access whilst inspiring STEM careers.
Quartet Community Foundation - Work inspiration days for disabled youngsters
£5,000	28/06/2019 11	To enable young disabled people to explore and access careers in science, technology and engineering.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Lightyear Foundation
£35,000	14/06/2019 36	Transforming how STEM is taught to disabled children via active learning
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Sensory Science workshops for disabled children
£500	12/11/2018	Towards the Sensory Science workshops for disabled children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Science workshops by the Lightyear Foundation
£9,980	11/04/2017 12	This is a project by a community organisation in Haringey benefiting people in Bristol, Kingston-upon-Thames and Hackney. They will use the funding to provide sensory science workshops for children ....more This is a project by a community organisation in Haringey benefiting people in Bristol, Kingston-upon-Thames and Hackney. They will use the funding to provide sensory science workshops for children who are living with disabilities. This will lead to improved attitudes towards learning and better chances in life.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-72

KIRSHEN GOVENDER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

CLIVE GILBERT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Public Policy Professional

DR CAMILLA SIH MAI PANG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Scientist & Author

DR MARIA CAMILA DEVIS-ROZENTAL DPROF Appointed: 2023

LUCY JANE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker

NATHAN MACABUAG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

PETER JAMES JOHN ROBERTS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Visiting Lecturer

DR JOSIE RAWES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teaching Associate At The University Of Bristol

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2012, number: 1150231
Registered at Companies House on 20/07/2012, number: 08151118

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

12 Anson Drive
YORK
YO10 4LH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AMONGST SCHOOLCHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE UK AND ABROAD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING BY:-HELPING ESTABLISH SCIENCE-ORIENTED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOLS IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS-ORGANISING EVENTS WHICH PROMOTE AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE-INVESTIGATING AND USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

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