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Registered charity · Hertfordshire

Herts Vision Loss

Herts Vision Loss is a registered charity (number 1047148) based in Hertfordshire, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Susan Alexandra Hickinbotham since 2015. Latest income £490k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £490k (2026)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
hertsvisionloss.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Herts Vision Loss
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£490k£490k
  • 2025£453k£452k
  • 2024£335k£335k
Earlier years
  • 2023£323k£323k
  • 2022£287k£286k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 60%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO GRANT ASSISTANCE TO ALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HERTFORDSHIRE OR IN NEIGHBOURING AREAS; TO CARRY ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS; AND TO CARRY ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO THE PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION OR CURE OF PROBLEMS RELATING TO EYESIGHT.

Grants received

23 grants · £804,841 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

6.1y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8General 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 7Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£453k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
64%
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
1047148
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 MAR 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JAN 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 MAR 2017AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 MAY 2017
Companies House
Company number 03033089 · Active
Contact on the register
01707324680 · office@hertsvisionloss.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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