Registered charity · Cumbria
Sight Advice South Lakes
- 4 trustees
- Income £274k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.sightadvice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sight Advice South Lakes
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£274k£273k
- 2024£282k£269k
- 2023£250k£257k
Earlier years
- 2022£239k£252k
- 2021£319k£247k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED BEING THOSE PEOPLE WITH AN IMPAIRMENT OF VISUAL FUNCTION FOR WHICH FULL REMEDIATION IS NOT POSSIBLE BY CONVENTIONAL SPECTACLES, CONTACT LENSES OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND WHICH CAUSES RESTRICTION IN THAT PERSONS EVERYDAY LIFE IN PARTICULAR BY:1. SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE PART OF THE FORMER COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND AS IS NOW COMPRISED WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.2. PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.3. PROVIDING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES.4. HELPING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY5. PROMOTING AWARENESS OF SIGHT ISSUES ON BEHALF OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE6. DOING AL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE THINGS THAT SHALL FURTHER THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS
Grants received
30 grants · £1,367,134 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 · £907,287 (8 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £232,800 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £92,000 (5 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £53,457
- Cumbria Community Foundation · £28,524 (6 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dawn Bonham Chair since 2026
- Dr Sarah Margaret Riding since 2017
- Jennifer Mary Hodkinson since 2012
- Paul Blackburn since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Sarah Margaret Riding since 2017
- Jennifer Mary Hodkinson since 2012
- Paul Blackburn since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dawn Bonham Chair since 2026
- Dr Sarah Margaret Riding since 2017
- Jennifer Mary Hodkinson since 2012
- Paul Blackburn since 2019
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.
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.
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
- 1145818
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 DEC 2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07879355 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01539769055 · info@sightadvice.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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