The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Registered charity 209617 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.9y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Economic/community Development/employment 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 15Finance 9Education 6

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£156.4m 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.

5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.6 in 2020

1847 from 1442 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.
1%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.guidedogs.org.uk
Emailassociationsecretary@guidedogs.org.uk
Phone01189835555
AddressGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND, ASSOCIATION, HILLFIELDS, READING ROAD, BURGHFIELD COMMON, RG7 3YG

Finances

£163,800,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£153,000,000£116,000,000
2022£142,035,284£128,280,220
2023£144,698,875£144,963,519
2024£156,400,000£158,900,000
2025£163,800,000£151,700,000

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE BY:(I) PROVIDING GUIDE DOGS FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE; (II) TRAINING AND EDUCATING BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE IN THE USE OF SUCH GUIDE DOGS; (III) THE RELIEF, PREVENTION AND CURE OF VISION IMPAIRMENT; AND (IV) PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/08/1934AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/1954AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/05/1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/06/1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/06/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/07/2013 as amended on 14 Sep 2021

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the) · 00291646 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/08/1934

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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