The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Royal National College for the Blind

Registered charity 1000388 Registered since 1990

Operates: Herefordshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 12Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 11Health and social care 5Hospitality 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2021

157 from 138 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
87%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiternc.ac.uk
Emailinfo@rnc.ac.uk
Phone01432265725
AddressC/O THE CLERK, ROYAL NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR THE, BLIND, VENNS LANE, HEREFORD, HR1 1DT

Finances

£8,892,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,620,000£5,519,000
2022£7,761,000£6,242,000
2023£7,578,000£6,965,000
2024£7,588,000£7,262,000
2025£8,892,000£8,113,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND FOR SUCH OTHER PEOPLE AS THE GOVERNORS MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME ("BENEFICIARIES").

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD APRIL 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JUNE 1993, AMENDED 15 OCTOBER 1998 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 DECEMBER 2009 REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 DECEMBER 2009 as amended on 10 Apr 2015 as amended on 25 Apr 2017 as amended on 15 Dec 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal National College for the Blind · 02367626 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/04/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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