Registered charity (CIO) · Edinburgh
Visionary - Linking Local Sight Loss Charities
- 8 trustees
- Income £399k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Mark Peter UptonChair · since 2021
- Craig SpaldingTrustee · since 2023
- Lowri BartrumTrustee · since 2015
- Michael Keith EalesTrustee · since 2023
- Philip David MillsTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Shahina PardhanTrustee · since 2022
- Sarah FrenchTrustee · since 2023
- Tom HarteTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- The Stringcredibles · 1 shared trustee
- ONE World, ONE People · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.visionary.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£399k£437k
- 2024£487k£438k
- 2023£473k£423k
Earlier years
- 2022£359k£382k
- 2021£341k£378k
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TOTHE FOLLOWING: TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLINDOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- Mark Peter Upton Chair since 2021
- Craig Spalding since 2023
- Lowri Bartrum since 2015
- Michael Keith Eales since 2023
- Philip David Mills since 2021
- Professor Shahina Pardhan since 2022
- Sarah French since 2023
- Tom Harte since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Lowri Bartrum since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Mark Peter Upton Chair since 2021
- Craig Spalding since 2023
- Lowri Bartrum since 2015
- Michael Keith Eales since 2023
- Sarah French since 2023
- Tom Harte since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Philip David Mills since 2021
- Professor Shahina Pardhan since 2022
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135360
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 16 JAN 2023 as amended on 13 Nov 2024 as amended on 01 Apr 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02089950880 · visionary@visionary.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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