Wales Council of the Blind

Registered charity 1045841 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

7.6y median 7y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.9y

average years in governance

6 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 9Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 10Education 2Arts and leisure 1

Boards that share trustees

Bridgend Visual Impairment Society 1 shared trustee
Friends of the John Frost School 1 shared trustee
Gilgal Baptist Church, Porthcawl 1 shared trustee
Operasonic CYF 1 shared trustee
Welsh Association of Visually Impaired Bowlers 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Bridgend Visual Impairment Society 1 shared trustee
Gilgal Baptist Church, Porthcawl 1 shared trustee
Operasonic CYF 1 shared trustee
Friends of the John Frost School 1 shared trustee
Welsh Association of Visually Impaired Bowlers 1 shared trustee
Devizes and District Opportunity Centre Similar size; both Disability

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	wcb-ccd.org.uk
Email	owen@wcb-ccd.org.uk
Phone	02920473954
Address	Wales Council Of The Blind, Hastings House, Fitzalan Place, CARDIFF, CF24 0BL

Finances

£205,919 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£160,807	£147,025
2022	£120,066	£149,472
2023	£128,777	£149,609
2024	£137,362	£157,211
2025	£205,919	£164,760

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS, AND THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/01/1991AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/02/1999NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20/07/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/08/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/07/2014

Trustees (9)

9trustees

65median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Janice D Powersage 65 Chair since 2013
Brian Mawbyage 75
Brian James Hobartage 85 since 2015
Helen Simonage 39 since 2023
Julie Thomasage 59 since 2013
Malcolm John Nicholasage 69 since 2023
Michelle Wallage 57 since 2023
Peter Curtisage 79
Rhianwen Elen Stiffage 49 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Wales Council of the Blind · 02578918 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/01/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

Welsh Association of Visually Impaired Bowlers 1 shared trustee
Bridgend Visual Impairment Society 1 shared trustee
Gilgal Baptist Church, Porthcawl 1 shared trustee
Friends of the John Frost School 1 shared trustee
Operasonic CYF 1 shared trustee

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