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The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind

Registered charity 1009955 Registered since 1992

Operates: Lancashire, Blackpool

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 8Disability 8Other Charitable Purposes 8

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

Health and social care 7Professional services 3Construction 1

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£2.3m latest income
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.

11.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.2 in 2021

80 from 43 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.
3%
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nvision-nw.co.uk
EmailMARIA@NVISION-NW.CO.UK
Phone01253362688
AddressN Vision, Princess Alexandra Home, 23 Bosworth Place, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1SH

Finances

£2,271,814 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,545,340£1,533,220
2022£1,509,406£1,686,912
2023£1,687,489£1,749,028
2024£1,840,072£2,011,514
2025£2,271,814£2,075,872

What it does

What

DisabilityAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The Charity’s Objects are:(1) The relief of blind and visually impaired people in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre districts of Lancashire or outside of it, by the provision of accommodation, care and support services. (2) The relief of people in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre districts of Lancashire or outside of it, by the provision of accommodation, care and support services. (3) For the public benefit to raise awareness of blindness and visual impairment through the provision of advice and information.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/01/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/05/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/12/2011 as amended on 04 Jun 2019 as amended on 16 Dec 2020

Trustees (8)

8trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind · 02698040 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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