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Berkshire County Blind Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £678k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation and 1 more
Where
Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
Website
www.berkshirevision.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Berkshire County Blind Society
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£678k£836k
  • 2024£1.4m£760k
  • 2023£499k£656k
Earlier years
  • 2022£424k£607k
  • 2021£442k£488k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 11% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED BY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: (1)PROVIDING FACILITIES, SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT OR LITERATURE ON CONTRACT TO, AS AGENTS FOR, OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN BERKSHIRE OR ANY ORGANISATION, INSTITUTE, BODY, TRUST OR FUND, OR ANY PERSON OR PERSONS SUPPORTING THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY. (2) PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND/ OR PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN SPECIAL NEED. (3) CO-OPERATING WITH ORGANISATIONS CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND PROVIDING NON-TECHNICAL RELIEF FROM VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. (4) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND CO-OPERATING WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO THEIR EDUCATION AND WELFARE. (5) HELPING WITH THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAYS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE. (6) SUPPLYING MATERIALS TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PASTIME WORK AND ASSISTING IN MARKETING THE ARTICLES MADE BY THEM. (7) RAISING FUNDS AND INVITING AND RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY SOURCE WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, DONATIONS AND COVENANTS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (8) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

Grants received

22 grants · £1,057,455 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9632026-02-26
  • Sport England £13,1462026-01-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £453,9792025-09-25
  • CAF £20,4322025-07-01
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002024-04-09
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

7y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 8Disability 8Economic/community Development/employment 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8Education 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£678k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

29 from 36 in 2024
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
16%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1146413
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 MAR 2012 as amended on 11 Oct 2019 as amended on 23 Sept 2025
Companies House
Company number 07977903 · Active
Contact on the register
01189872803 · office@berkshirevision.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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