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The Whitby Trust for the Blind

The Whitby Trust for the Blind is a registered charity (number 220894) based in Cleveland, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Monica Pauline Ventress JP. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £14k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Disability
Where
North Yorkshire
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£16k
  • 2024£9k£8k
  • 2023£13k£13k
Earlier years
  • 2022£11k£10k
  • 2021£2k£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING BENEFITS AND SUPPORT FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE FORMER URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICTS OF WHITBY, AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS MAY BE PRACTICABLE.

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.

7.8y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7

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

Health and social care 2Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£9k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
220894
Status
Registered
Governing document
INDENTURE DATED 11/11/1905AS AMENDED ON 29/09/2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 27/07/2012
Contact on the register
01947604065 · ann.colin11@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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