The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Royal National Institute of Blind People

Registered charity 226227 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man

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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

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 3Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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£95.9m latest income
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.

6.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

1286 from 1412 in 2021
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.
7%
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.rnib.org.uk
Emailhelpline@rnib.org.uk
Phone0303 123 9999
AddressGrimaldi Building, 154A Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JE

Finances

£95,878,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£86,486,000£79,066,000
2022£85,709,000£77,207,000
2023£106,593,000£87,026,000
2024£89,683,000£90,524,000
2025£95,878,000£95,388,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BETTER EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND GENERALLY TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT BLINDNESS.

Governing document: GRANTED 14/04/1949AS AMENDED ON 18/04/1963AS AMENDED ON 31/03/1993AS AMENDED ON 08/11/1993AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 12/02/2002AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 30/05/2003AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 14/02/2006AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 14/11/2007AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 21/07/2010AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 20/04/2011AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 01/07/2014AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 01 APR 2017AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 18 AUG 2020AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 16 FEB 2022

Trustees (11)

11trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal National Institute of Blind People · RC000500 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (1)

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