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Merton Voluntary Association for the Blind

Registered charity 1075388 Registered since 1999

Operates: Merton

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.7y median 1y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10Disability 9Religious Activities 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 12Professional services 3Agriculture 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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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£442k latest income
49%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mertonvision.org.uk
Emailinfo@mertonvision.org.uk
Phone02085405446
AddressMERTONVISION, 67 CLARENDON ROAD, LONDON, SW19 2DX

Finances

£442,411 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£393,569£360,261
2022£291,421£353,713
2023£506,889£437,043
2024£580,156£528,008
2025£442,411£555,035

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO GRANT ASSISTANCE TO ALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND IF THE TRUSTEES SO DETERMINE ELSEWHERE IN ENGLAND AND WALES. IN THESE OBJECTS BLIND SHALL INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND, ARE PARTIALLY OR INTERMITTENTLY DEPRIVED OF SIGHT OR ARE AT RISK OF BLINDNESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 23 APRIL 1999 AS AMENDED 13 OCTOBER 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 DEC 2017

Trustees (10)

10trustees
70median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Merton Voluntary Association for the Blind · 03758661 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/04/1999

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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