The Cardiff Institute for the Blind, Incorporated

Registered charity 214131 Registered since 1963

Operates: Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, City Of Swansea, Vale Of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Christopher Joseph Reddington since 2022
Dr Carole Jones since 2021
Elin Haf Edwards since 2023
James Henry Askey since 2021
John Sanders since 2013
Susan Sullivan since 2021
Suzanne Petterson since 2023

5.4y median 5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

John Sanders since 2013

8.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Christopher Joseph Reddington since 2022
Dr Carole Jones since 2021
Elin Haf Edwards since 2023
Susan Sullivan since 2021
Suzanne Petterson since 2023

Portfolio (2)

James Henry Askey since 2021
John Sanders since 2013

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 2The 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.

Tech and media 7Dormant 3Arts and leisure 2

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£622k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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: 4.0 months · was 6.2 in 2021

14 from 13 in 2024

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.

33%

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

Cardiff City FC Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
Ucan Productions 1 shared trustee
Colchester Avenue Allotments Association 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Eyup Similar size; both Disability
Disability Advice Service Lambeth Similar size; both Disability
Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.sightlife.wales
Email	ask@sightlife.wales
Phone	029 2039 8900
Address	Cardiff Institute For The Blind, Jones Court, Womanby Street, CARDIFF, CF10 1BR

Finances

£622,103 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£420,791	£375,643
2022	£434,881	£400,490
2023	£475,195	£537,557
2024	£560,723	£567,517
2025	£622,103	£635,709

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

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

Charitable objects

TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND GENERAL WELFARE OF BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, SEVERELY DISABLED SIGHTED AND HANDICAPPED SIGHTED PERSONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS REVISED 19/12/1955 AND 22/10/1990 AND SCHEME OF 26/10/56 AS AMENDED 1 OCTOBER 2013 as amended on 01 Apr 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees

54median age

1aged 70+

Christopher Joseph Reddingtonage band 30-34 since 2022
Dr Carole Jonesage band 70-74 since 2021
Elin Haf Edwardsage band 40-44 since 2023
James Henry Askey since 2021
John Sandersage band 65-69 since 2013
Susan Sullivanage band 65-69 since 2021
Suzanne Pettersonage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Cardiff Institute for the Blind,(Incorporated)(the) · 00149982 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/03/1918

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

Colchester Avenue Allotments Association 1 shared trustee
Ucan Productions 1 shared trustee
Cardiff City FC Community Foundation 1 shared trustee

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