Registered charity · Merseyside
Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially Sighted
- 6 trustees
- Income £251k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Wirral
- Website
- www.wirralsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially Sighted
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£251k£261k
- 2024£211k£203k
- 2023£171k£202k
Earlier years
- 2022£173k£182k
- 2021£260k£150k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 25%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, TRAINING, WELFARE, INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION AND WELL-BEING OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIRRAL. IN PURSUIT OF THESE OBJECTS, THE CHARITY SHALL PROVIDE OR FACILITATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES, CREATIVE AND LIFESTYLE ACTIVITIES, INFORMATION ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING ADVOCACY AND COUNSELLING, DEMONSTRATIONS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TO PROMOTE SELF-HELP AND INDEPENDENCE, ORGANISATION OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND PROMOTIONAL AND FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS AND CLIENTS.
Grants received
32 grants · £939,860 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £259,450 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £220,814 (10 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £141,800 (4 grants)
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £80,726 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £60,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alan Brown since 2019
- Adele Law since 2015
- Christopher Kelly since 2023
- Gary Hodgson since 2026
- Lynn Collins since 2024
- Michael Jones since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Brown since 2019
- Adele Law since 2015
- Michael Jones since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alan Brown since 2019
- Adele Law since 2015
- Christopher Kelly since 2023
- Gary Hodgson since 2026
- Michael Jones since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Lynn Collins since 2024
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
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
- 1147170
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 MAR 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 07982870 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01516528877 · hello@wirralsociety.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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