The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Essex Blind Charity

Registered charity 1103732 Registered since 2004

Operates: Essex

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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.

9 trustees on the board

5.4y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9

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 9Other services 2Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£215k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.essexsight.org.uk
Emailservices@essexsight.org.uk
Phone01206548196
Address40, North Hill, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PY

Finances

£214,617 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,478,594£1,559,664
2022£1,378,621£1,568,107
2023£2,061,972£1,548,113
2024£220,645£259,203
2025£214,617£288,944

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

To relieve and to assist by all charitable means people who are impaired, disabled or handicapped by lack of vision or impaired vision (and those responsible for their care) who are resident within the County of Essex.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 8 APRIL 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27 OCTOBER 2009. as amended on 21 Aug 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Essex Blind Charity · 05098747 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/04/2004

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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