Registered charity · Chester
Vision Enhancement Services
- 7 trustees
- Income £5.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Cheshire East, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and more
- Website
- www.visionsupport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Vision Enhancement Services
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.8m£5.6m
- 2024£4.9m£4.7m
- 2023£3.9m£3.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.6m£3.2m
- 2021£3.2m£3.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS WITH A SENSORY IMPAIRMENT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY VISION IMPAIRMENT, IN WALES THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.
Grants received
10 grants · £656,239 total360Giving 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 · £637,135 (8 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £19,104 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Alan Nigel Allman Chair since 2023
- Clare Caws since 2022
- Geoffrey Homer since 2023
- Miles Kenneth Tutton
- Mark Thorp since 2021
- Sandra Massey since 2019
- Valery Louise Ashbrook since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Sandra Massey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Clare Caws since 2022
- Geoffrey Homer since 2023
- Miles Kenneth Tutton
- Sandra Massey since 2019
- Valery Louise Ashbrook since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Alan Nigel Allman Chair since 2023
- Mark Thorp since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
24.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068565
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 FEBRUARY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 13 NOVEMBER 1999, 2 DECEMBER 2000, 21 OCTOBER 2006 AND AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 NOVEMBER 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 NOV 2018 as amended on 10 May 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03512340 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01244381515 · information@visionsupport.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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