The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Somerset Association for the Blind

Registered charity 203296 Registered since 1962

Operates: Somerset

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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

5.2y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General 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.

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 1Dormant 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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.somersetsight.org.uk
Emailjackie@somersetsight.org.uk
Phone01823333818
AddressSomerset Sight, Northfield House, 51 Staplegrove Road, TAUNTON, TA1 1DG

Finances

£0 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£0
2022£0£0
2023£0£0
2024£0£0
2025£0£0

What it does

What

Disability

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED;(2) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS;(3) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION & RULES 31 MARCH 1961 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 25 SEPTEMBER 2001 AND 11 APRIL 2005 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 5 OCTOBER 2005

Trustees (8)

8trustees
67median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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