The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

Registered charity 207544 Registered since 1962

Operates: Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia

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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.

13 trustees on the board

5.7y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13Disability 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Finance 17Business services 2Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£285.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

826 from 693 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
2%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sightsavers.org
Emailinfo@sightsavers.org
Phone01444446601
Address35 PERRYMOUNT ROAD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3BW

Finances

£285,595,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£261,007,000£250,405,000
2021£236,775,000£213,622,000
2022£313,352,000£309,174,000
2023£337,945,000£340,501,000
2024£285,595,000£288,464,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(A) THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF BLINDNESS AND THE EDUCATION ,REHABILITATION ,TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE BLIND IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AMONG ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH BLINDNESS AND ITS PREVENTION AND TO PROMOTE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKELY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS AND BENEFIT THE BLIND IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER AND BYE-LAWS DATED 28TH FEBRUARY 1990, AS AMENDED BY PRIVY COUNCIL 1 MAY 1998 AS AMENDED BY S282 RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE ON 21 JULY 2014

Trustees (13)

13trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind · RC000706 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 19/12/1989

Connected charities (1)

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