Vision Support Harrogate District

Registered charity 211436 Registered since 1962

Operates: North Yorkshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

10y median 8y

average tenure

23y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.3y

average years in governance

6 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 9Education/training 9Religious Activities 9

Commercial experience

Health and social care 2Hospitality 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Wakefield District Sight AID 1 shared trustee
Harrogate and Area CVS LTD 1 shared trustee

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Wakefield District Sight AID 1 shared trustee
The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Harrogate and Area CVS LTD 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Website	www.VSHD.org.uk
Email	enquiries@vshd.org.uk
Phone	01423565915
Address	Vision Support, Russell Sergeant House, 23 East Parade, HARROGATE, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LF

Finances

£102,618 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£93,367	£117,069
2022	£300,644	£120,028
2023	£119,327	£131,156
2024	£81,596	£138,379
2025	£102,618	£162,706

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityReligious Activities

Who

People With Disabilities

How

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

Charitable objects

TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN THE HARROGATE DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CENTRE FOR SOCIAL MEETINGS AND HANDICRAFT TRAINING FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE, ENTERTAINMENTS, TRAVEL AND HOLIDAY FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY OR OCCUPATIONAL REQUISITES TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE OR THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Governing document: SOCIETY REGISTERED UNDER NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948. CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19 OCTOBER 1988 AND AMENDED 24 OCTOBER 2001 AND 19 OCTOBER 2006

Trustees (9)

9trustees

63median age

1aged 70+

Robert Horner Chair
Alistair William Ratcliffeage 74 since 2017
Eric Mitchell
James Alfred Grimshaw since 2003
John Macrae Mellor since 2016
Mary Elizabeth Kirk since 2018
Peter Charles Jensen since 2019
Sara Lisabeth Horbury since 2020
Stephen John Kirkage 51 since 2019

Connected charities (3)

The Norton-Freeman Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Harrogate and Area CVS LTD 1 shared trustee
Wakefield District Sight AID 1 shared trustee

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