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Registered charity · Sheffield

The Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind

To relieve the charitable needs of, and care for, people with a sight impairment and/or people with a hearing impairment, in particular, but without limitation, by the provision of opportunity, support, friendship and services to people with a sight...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Rotherham, Sheffield City
Website
www.srsb.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£2.7m
  • 2024£2.6m£2.5m
  • 2023£2.1m£2.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.0m£2.0m
  • 2021£1.9m£2.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To relieve the charitable needs of, and care for, people with a sight impairment and/or people with a hearing impairment, in particular, but without limitation, by the provision of opportunity, support, friendship and services to people with a sight impairment and/or people with a hearing impairment, helping them to achieve whatever they legally wish to do and whatever they aspire to be.

Grants received

12 grants · £160,149 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £58,059 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £31,376
  • Sport England · £28,754 (3 grants)
  • Fight for Sight · £24,060
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £14,500 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Sport England £13,6852025-06-04
  • Fight for Sight £24,0602024-12-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002023-12-08
  • Sport England £13,2692023-11-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-10-07
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.

8y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Health and social care 14Professional services 4Education 2

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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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.

25.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 38.9 in 2021

86 from 75 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.
8%
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
1047257
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/05/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 MAY 2017 as amended on 13 Nov 2025
Companies House
Company number 03053277 · Active
Contact on the register
01142722757 · info@srsb.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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