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Registered charity · Blackpool

The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind

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...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)
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About

What it does
Disability, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Lancashire, Blackpool
Website
www.nvision-nw.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£2.1m
  • 2024£1.8m£2.0m
  • 2023£1.7m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£1.7m
  • 2021£1.5m£1.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 0% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

12 grants · £1,009,475 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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

10.2y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1009955
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 02698040 · Active
Contact on the register
01253362688 · MARIA@NVISION-NW.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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