Registered charity (CIO) · Southampton
Southampton Society for the Blind
- 7 trustees
- Income £205k (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
- Hampshire, Southampton City
- Website
- www.southamptonsight.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£205k£275k
- 2024£226k£239k
- 2023£164k£236k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS IN SOUTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS
Grants received
5 grants · £492,459 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 · £455,067 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £22,392 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
7 trustees on the board
- Dr Lieke Dorine Van Putten Chair since 2021
- Abigail Victoria Dowling since 2021
- David Marson since 2021
- Dr Stephen Mark Boswell since 2021
- Hannah Chivers since 2021
- Rev Benjamin Jones since 2025
- Thomas Kenneth Mcinulty since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Lieke Dorine Van Putten Chair since 2021
- Abigail Victoria Dowling since 2021
- David Marson since 2021
- Dr Stephen Mark Boswell since 2021
- Hannah Chivers since 2021
- Thomas Kenneth Mcinulty since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Benjamin Jones since 2025
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
- 1196972
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Dec 2021
- Contact on the register
- 02380769882 · support@southamptonsight.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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