Registered charity · Warwickshire
British Blind Sport
- 9 trustees
- Income £526k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- MRS Sally BarkerChair · since 2018
- Adrain DaviesTrustee · since 2023
- Joelle Carlton-ConwayTrustee · since 2022
- Louise AssiounTrustee · since 2023
- Mathew PounderTrustee · since 2023
- Monica SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Richard MoonTrustee · since 2023
- Sophie Lois FaircloughTrustee · since 2022
- Yhaya PandorTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.britishblindsport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Blind Sport
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£526k£475k
- 2024£625k£534k
- 2023£1.0m£959k
Earlier years
- 2021£413k£412k
- 2020£320k£324k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 42%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED (TOGETHER KNOWN AS VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO "VI") IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AS AFORESAID BY REASON OF THEIR DISABLEMENT
Grants received
10 grants · £341,993 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
- CAF · £151,596 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £122,587 (3 grants)
- Peter Harrison Foundation · £30,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £26,560 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- MRS Sally Barker Chair since 2018
- Adrain Davies since 2023
- Joelle Carlton-Conway since 2022
- Louise Assioun since 2023
- Mathew Pounder since 2023
- Monica Smith since 2025
- Richard Moon since 2023
- Sophie Lois Fairclough since 2022
- Yhaya Pandor since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- MRS Sally Barker Chair since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- MRS Sally Barker Chair since 2018
- Adrain Davies since 2023
- Joelle Carlton-Conway since 2022
- Louise Assioun since 2023
- Mathew Pounder since 2023
- Monica Smith since 2025
- Richard Moon since 2023
- Sophie Lois Fairclough since 2022
- Yhaya Pandor since 2025
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.
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
7.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168093
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 FEB 2016 as amended on 11 Sep 2018 as amended on 31 Jul 2020 as amended on 04 Oct 2023 as amended on 29 Jul 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 10009918 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01926424247 · info@britishblindsport.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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