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The Torch Trust for the Blind

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £987k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.torchtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Torch Trust for the Blind
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£987k£907k
  • 2024£964k£821k
  • 2023£833k£757k
Earlier years
  • 2022£699k£692k
  • 2021£644k£671k
Charitable objects

THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING BASIS OF FAITH (SEE GD FOR MORE DETAIL)

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

9
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 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 8Disability 7Religious Activities 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Manufacturing 10Other services 4Tech and media 4

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£987k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.0 in 2021

23 from 19 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1095904
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 4TH DECEMBER 2002 as amended on 27 Aug 2021
Companies House
Company number 04616526 · Active
Contact on the register
01858438260 · info@torchtrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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