Registered charity (CIO) · West Yorkshire
Wakefield District Sight AID
- 8 trustees
- Income £152k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Luke Benjamin ScholeyChair · since 2019
- Andrew Christopher Quinn PattersonTrustee · since 2015
- Jennefer Bridget LockyerTrustee · since 2013
- Maureen Linda Tennant-KingTrustee · since 2024
- Neil NewtonTrustee · since 2021
- Ross SouthallTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah Louise ShooterTrustee · since 2021
- Stephen John KirkTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- City Of Wakefield
- Website
- www.wdsa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£152k£141k
- 2024£153k£124k
- 2023£112k£95k
Earlier years
- 2022£80k£75k
- 2021£56k£74k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE BLIND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW, OR HEREAFTER MAY BE, DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, WITHIN THE WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
8 grants · £465,847 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £433,884 (2 grants)
- Leeds Community Foundation · £10,000
- Nova Wakefield · £7,963
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,500
- The Coalfields Regeneration Trust · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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
- Luke Benjamin Scholey Chair since 2019
- Andrew Christopher Quinn Patterson since 2015
- Jennefer Bridget Lockyer since 2013
- Maureen Linda Tennant-King since 2024
- Neil Newton since 2021
- Ross Southall since 2023
- Sarah Louise Shooter since 2021
- Stephen John Kirk since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Luke Benjamin Scholey Chair since 2019
- Andrew Christopher Quinn Patterson since 2015
- Jennefer Bridget Lockyer since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Luke Benjamin Scholey Chair since 2019
- Jennefer Bridget Lockyer since 2013
- Neil Newton since 2021
- Ross Southall since 2023
- Sarah Louise Shooter since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Andrew Christopher Quinn Patterson since 2015
- Maureen Linda Tennant-King since 2024
- Stephen John Kirk since 2021
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1140483
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 20 MAR 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01924215555 · admin@wdsa.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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