01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 2 July 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 2 July 2025 – 30 June 2026
- Latest income
- £80,913
- Latest expenditure
- £50,538
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 10 Craven Park road, LONDON, N15 6ab
Website recorded by the regulator: Alightinthedark.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To advance in life and help young people from the local community for the public benefit through providing or assisting in the provision of appropriate and accessible facilities and services to promote training, employment recreation, emotional support and care, with the object of improving their conditions of life.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 July 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 November 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 November 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £80,913
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £50,538
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 July 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 1 November 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £80,913
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £50,538
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £25,951
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Haringey
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hackney
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- A LIGHT IN THE DARK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-07-02T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Jul 2025 as amended on 10 Jul 2026
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY AND HARINGEY, IS:To advance in life, relieve the needs of and help young people aged 16 to 30, particularly those experiencing social, economic or educational disadvantage by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:(A) Advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;(B) Advancing education;(C) Relieving unemployment;(D) Preserving and promoting good health and wellbeing;(E) Providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare with a view to improving their conditions of life.
- Area Of Benefit
- LOCAL
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures