# LUMOS FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1112575
- **Other names:** CHILDREN'S HIGH LEVEL GROUP, LUMOS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1112575


## Contact

- **Address:** Lumos Foundation, 3 - 7 Temple Chambers, London
- **Postcode:** EC4Y 0DA
- **Phone:** 07815 980928
- **Email:** info@wearelumos.org
- **Website:** www.wearelumos.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; AND3.2 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Lumos works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children by facilitating the end of institutional care for good. It does this in two ways:At a policy level to accelerate and improve the quality of reform in health, education and social protection servicesAt a practical level working with providers of children's services to demonstrate the value of family-based care

**Area of benefit:** ANY PART OF THE WORLD




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Colombia
- Kenya
- Moldova
- Ukraine
- United States
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £5748174 | £6471685 | £5608798 | 49 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £7887821 | £4963793 | £6312690 | 54 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £7149879 | £7410770 | £3548624 | 71 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4944068 | £8181234 | £3606091 | 118 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £5518210 | £9925743 | £6730844 | 142 |



## Trustees

- **Kenneth Ian Towle** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 19, 2025
- Dr Doreen Mulenga — appointed Oct. 6, 2021
- Elizabeth Lule — appointed Feb. 12, 2025
- Keith Schilling — appointed June 26, 2025
- Neal Gandhi — appointed Sept. 28, 2023
- Rosanna Burcheri — appointed Feb. 12, 2025
- Sophie Bridge — appointed July 17, 2025
- USMAN ALI — appointed Sept. 29, 2022
- Zahed Kamathia — appointed Sept. 5, 2025