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Registered charity (CIO) · Ipswich

Suffolk Sight

Suffolk Sight is a registered charity (number 1183608) based in Ipswich, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Geoffrey Mark Staff MA Cantab since 2019. Latest income £156k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Wsvab, East Suffolk Association for the Blind, Esab, West Suffolk Blind Association, Ipswich Care for the Blind, Ipswich Blind Society, West Suffolk Sight, East Suffolk Blind, West Suffolk Voluntary Association for the Blind (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £156k (2025)
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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
Where
Suffolk
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£156k£466k
  • 2024£120k£375k
  • 2023£753k£334k
Earlier years
  • 2022£580k£321k
  • 2021£307k£311k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ACROSS SUFFOLK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING THE BEST SUPPORT AND CARE SO THAT THEY CAN LEAD RICH AND FULFILLING LIVES WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE AND BY PROMOTING THE OBJECTIVES TO ITS MEMBERS, BENEFICIARIES AND THE WIDER COMMUNITIES IN WHICH IT OPERATES.

Grants received

4 grants · £156,000 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

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General 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.

Arts and leisure 2Other services 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£156k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1183608
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 May 2019 as amended on 11 Oct 2021 as amended on 10 Oct 2024 as amended on 10 Oct 2024
Contact on the register
01473611011 · info@suffolksight.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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