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Blind Veterans UK
Blind Veterans UK is a registered charity (number 216227) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Giles Robert Peel since 2026. Latest income £28m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
4.1 To provide for the medical or surgical treatment, re-education, training in one or more trade or trades, settlement and permanent welfare of:-4.1.1 Members or former members of the armed forces both men and women blinded from whatever cause...
- 9 trustees
- Income £28m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.blindveterans.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Blind Veterans UK
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28m£42m
- 2024£30m£36m
- 2023£38m£35m
Earlier years
- 2022£29m£32m
- 2021£28m£33m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1 To provide for the medical or surgical treatment, re-education, training in one or more trade or trades, settlement and permanent welfare of:-4.1.1 Members or former members of the armed forces both men and women blinded from whatever cause whether or not connected in any way with service in the armed forces; 4.1.2 Other persons both men and women not being members or former members of the armed forces who are blinded in or as a consequence of any war or warlike operations in which the forces of the Crown may be at any time engaged or any service connected with or subsidiary to such war or warlike operations or by or as a consequence of enemy action in the course of any such war or warlike operations; and4.1.3 Other persons both men and women not being members or former members of the UK armed forces who are blinded in or as a consequence of any war or warlike operations or terrorist activity(all such persons being hereinafter referred to as ‘Beneficiaries’)and so that for the purposes of these Articles the word ‘blinded’ shall extend to all cases in which the sight has been so impaired that special care and training are required and all cases in which the sight is endangered so long as the cause of the danger continues. 4.2 To provide allowances or other assistance for any wife, widow, husband, widower, child or dependent of a Beneficiary who may be in need of assistance or any person who shall have kept house for or nursed or otherwise rendered exceptional service to or have been dependent upon a Beneficiary any may after the death of such Beneficiary be in need of assistance.
Grants received
16 grants · £727,672 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Ministry of Defence · £305,776 (3 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £300,000
- Fight for Sight · £50,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £40,000 (3 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £19,000 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Giles Robert Peel Chair since 2026
- Alan Holderness since 2018
- Ben Caswell since 2023
- Clare Hayes since 2021
- GUY Davies since 2018
- Georgina Jarratt since 2023
- Ian Sherriff since 2020
- Jamie Cuthbertson since 2021
- Karl Havard since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Holderness since 2018
- GUY Davies since 2018
- Ian Sherriff since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Giles Robert Peel Chair since 2026
- Ben Caswell since 2023
- Clare Hayes since 2021
- GUY Davies since 2018
- Georgina Jarratt since 2023
- Ian Sherriff since 2020
- Jamie Cuthbertson since 2021
- Karl Havard since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Alan Holderness since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
12.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 35.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 216227
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/04/1923AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/07/1935AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/06/1940AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/11/1948AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/03/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/07/1961AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/11/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/12/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/03/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 SEP 2016 as amended on 22 Mar 2022 as amended on 01 Jun 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 00189648 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03001112233 · Supporter.Services@blindveterans.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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