The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Fight Against Blindness - FAB

Registered charity 1124806 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
2.9y
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 6Religious 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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£227k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.fightagainstblindness.org
Emailinfo@fightagainstblindness.org
Phone01763208045
Address4 MIDDLE STREET, THRIPLOW, ROYSTON, SG8 7RD

Finances

£175,889 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£115,796£65,335
2022£91,326£92,264
2023£151,805£141,411
2024£226,702£150,676
2025£175,889£200,114

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

Please note that the following Charitable Objectives are to replace the current ones1. Promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people disadvantaged by sight-loss and visual impairment thereby enabling them to reach their full potential educationally and socially.2. Provide support through professionals in hospitals, schools and other agencies in pursuance of Objective 13. Promote research in pursuance of Objective 14. Disseminate the useful results to the benefit of the public

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 14 JUN 2008AS AMENDED ON 30 JAN 2016 as amended on 29 Oct 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees
102median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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