The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Light for the Blind

Registered charity 1085698 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3y median 1.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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 1Tech and media 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£57k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.lightfortheblind.org.uk
Emaillight.4.the.blind@gmail.com
Phone07824431217
Address1 High Gate Croft, Cononley, KEIGHLEY, BD20 8JQ

Finances

£56,555 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£74,330£4,289
2022£89,714£4,100
2023£136,117£114,329
2024£81,657£3,718
2025£56,555£14,477

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND IN PARTICULAR BLINDNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES IN PARTICULAR IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT2)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION 3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY4) FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 31 AUGUST 2000 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 4 MARCH 2001

Trustees (6)

6trustees
66median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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