LightSource Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- This funder fits schools that want their classrooms, corridors or foyers redecorated as learning spaces, through its I Love My School project.
- The head teacher must first accept the charity's requirements and vision, then the school submits a donation application form between 1 July and 30 December each year, with photos of the rooms to be decorated.
- No grant range or typical amount is stated, so a grant writer should ask the charity about likely value before planning a budget.
- Schools must organise volunteer groups of teachers, parents and students and keep the finished interior unchanged for five years, so bodies that are not schools, or schools that cannot commit to those terms, should not apply.
Overview
LightSource Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1168515).
LightSource Charity is a registered charity whose purpose is the advancement of education by providing comfortable and relaxing learning environments in schools. It delivers this mainly through its 'I Love My School' project, which supports education through school decoration. The charity's annual giving figure is not stated.
What they fund
Priority Areas
LightSource Charity supports education through its I Love My School project, which works with schools to create comfortable and relaxing learning environments. It develops an individual interior-design project for classrooms, corridors and foyers, using colour, photo wallpaper, subject-related images and educational information. Its stated aim is to increase the creative potential and awareness of children under 18 through school decoration. The project also encourages pupils to work with teachers and parents in voluntary groups, fostering teamwork, shared responsibility and care for the surrounding environment. Schools are expected to help prepare their spaces and organise volunteers, making the school community part of the transformation.
Themes
- School learning environments
- Children's creative development
How to apply
The head teacher first accepts the charity’s requirements and vision for the school environment; the school then submits a donation application form. The charity and school sign a contract setting out their rights and obligations.
Deadlines: Schools submit the donation application form between 1 July and 30 December each year.
Application windows:
- I Love My School: Submission of the school donation application form is between 1 July and 30 December each year.
Who can apply:
- I Love My School: The Head Teacher of the School must accept the charity’s requirements and vision for the school environment before submitting a donation application form.
What to send:
- I Love My School
- A completed school donation application form.
- Photos from the classrooms, corridors, halls and foyer.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Schools are expected to organise volunteer groups of teachers, parents and students to work with the charity.
- Schools must keep the interior created by the project unchanged for five years after completion.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- United States
- Cornwall
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Surrey
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £160,802 | £59,325 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £174,421 | £39,717 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £166,324 | £91,483 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £365,493 | £162,817 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £320,438 | £250,283 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- lightsourcecharity.org
- lightsourcecharity.org/i-love-my-school · read on 31 October 2026
- lightsourcecharity.org/getinvolved · read on 31 October 2026
- lightsourcecharity.org/application-for-donation · read on 31 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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