Registered charity · West Midlands
Walsall Society for the Blind Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £393k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Walsall
- Website
- www.walsallblind.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Walsall Society for the Blind Limited
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£393k£454k
- 2024£325k£389k
- 2023£342k£357k
Earlier years
- 2022£422k£268k
- 2021£379k£270k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE SUCH ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES AS ARE THOUGH FIT TO THOSE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS REGISTERED AS SUCH OR CAPABLE OF REGISTRATION AS SUCH, AND RESIDING WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WALSALL AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS, HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEMORANDUM THE WORDS "BLIND" AND "BLIND PERSONS" SHALL INCLUDE PERSONS WHO THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND ARE SUBSTANTIALLY VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND WHO ARE THE INTENDED RECIPIENTS OF THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS
Grants received
9 grants · £333,339 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 · £220,856 (3 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £50,000 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £30,384 (2 grants)
- Fight for Sight · £27,099
- The Grocers' Charity · £5,000
Most recent
- Postcode Local Trust
- 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
- John Harold Cooke JP Chair
- Amara Ismail-El-Banna since 2023
- David Smith
- Julie Harris
- Richard Meere
- Stephanie Jane Neal since 2025
- Timothy Clifft since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Amara Ismail-El-Banna since 2023
- Julie Harris
- Richard Meere
- Stephanie Jane Neal since 2025
- Timothy Clifft since 2024
Portfolio (2)
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1075854
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 NOVEMBER 1998
- Companies House
- Company number 03674948 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01922627683 · hawleyhouse@wsftb.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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