The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

East Sussex Vision Support

Registered charity 209535 Registered since 1962

Operates: East Sussex

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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

7.2y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 6Hospitality 3Health and social care 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£360k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
15%
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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eastsussexblind.org
Emailinfo@eastsussexblind.org
Phone01323832252
Address13 Vicarage Field, Hailsham, Bn27 1BD

Finances

£360,297 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£414,830£283,581
2022£409,082£402,727
2023£508,902£495,443
2024£373,997£488,519
2025£360,297£434,206

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisability

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE (PHYSICAL AND GENERAL) WELFARE OF THE BLIND, AND THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THE BLIND ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX AND THE UNITARY AUTHORITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE. THE WORD BLIND THROUGHOUT THESE PRESENTS SHALL INCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO IS BLIND, OR SUFFERING FROM ANY COMPLAINT OF THE EYES, OR COMES WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A BLIND PERSON UNDER THE BLIND PERSONS ACT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 JULY 1940 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 18 DECEMBER 1989, 29 MARCH 2000, 10 NOVEMBER 2004 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 FEBRUARY 2009. as amended on 22 Apr 2021

Trustees (8)

8trustees
72median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

East Sussex Vision Support · 00363004 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/08/1940

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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