The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Somerset Sight Limited

Registered charity 1154472 Registered since 2013

Operates: Somerset

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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

6.4y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (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.

Disability 8Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 1Dormant 1

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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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£576k 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.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 18.2 in 2021

13 from 11 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.
29%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.somersetsight.org.uk
Emailinfo@somersetsight.org.uk
Phone01823366150
AddressSomerset Sight, Northfield House, 51 Staplegrove Road, TAUNTON, TA1 1DG

Finances

£576,146 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£484,590£421,029
2022£479,298£462,232
2023£472,697£577,784
2024£669,400£565,522
2025£576,146£648,493

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES SUCH AS BLINDNESS OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST AND VOLUNTARY HELP, CONSULTATION, CAMPAIGNING AND AWARENESS-RAISING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 MAR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31/10/2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees
67median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Somerset Sight Limited · 08432686 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/03/2013

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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