Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridge
Camsight
The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to promote the general welfare of people who are blind or partially sighted in the region of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and surrounding areas.
- 8 trustees
- Income £689k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Taubman RedmayneChair · since 2018
- Amanda Mary LyneTrustee · since 2025
- David Alan TaylorTrustee · since 2022
- Mohammad Jafar MirzaTrustee · since 2025
- Prof Keziah Latham ProfTrustee · since 2023
- Richard Charles William NewberyTrustee · since 2018
- Sean Philip RockTrustee
- Simon William SmythTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.camsight.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£689k£839k
- 2024£545k£842k
- 2023£501k£689k
Earlier years
- 2022£374k£658k
- 2021£536k£569k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to promote the general welfare of people who are blind or partially sighted in the region of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and surrounding areas.
Grants received
13 grants · £924,500 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 · £841,624 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £27,808
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £23,900
- Postcode Places Trust · £21,914
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £8,254 (3 grants)
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Taubman Redmayne Chair since 2018
- Amanda Mary Lyne since 2025
- David Alan Taylor since 2022
- Mohammad Jafar Mirza since 2025
- Prof Keziah Latham Prof since 2023
- Richard Charles William Newbery since 2018
- Sean Philip Rock
- Simon William Smyth since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas Taubman Redmayne Chair since 2018
- Richard Charles William Newbery since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Amanda Mary Lyne since 2025
- David Alan Taylor since 2022
- Mohammad Jafar Mirza since 2025
- Prof Keziah Latham Prof since 2023
- Richard Charles William Newbery since 2018
- Sean Philip Rock
- Simon William Smyth since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Nicholas Taubman Redmayne Chair since 2018
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
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 30.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 201640
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 30 APR 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01223420033 · info@camsight.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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