Registered charity (CIO) · Weston-Super-Mare
Vision North Somerset
Vision North Somerset is a registered charity (number 1165364) based in Weston-Super-Mare, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Marie Stark Mackle since 2022. Latest income £323k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as VNS (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £323k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- North Somerset
- Website
- visionnorthsomerset.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£323k£314k
- 2024£323k£314k
- 2023£312k£342k
Earlier years
- 2022£398k£320k
- 2021£332k£324k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 53%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF BLINDNESS, IMPAIRED VISION AND HEARING LOSS.
Grants received
21 grants · £680,947 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 · £375,844 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £154,700 (2 grants)
- Quartet Community Foundation · £112,415 (12 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £22,423
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £13,065
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Marie Stark Mackle Chair since 2022
- Michael Bowen since 2023
- Sammi Joseph Samad since 2023
- Sonja Greenfield since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Marie Stark Mackle Chair since 2022
- Michael Bowen since 2023
- Sammi Joseph Samad since 2023
- Sonja Greenfield since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1165364
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 01 Feb 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01934419393 · contact@visionns.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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