Registered charity · Leeds
The Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People
- 6 trustees
- Income £295k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Leeds City
- Website
- www.LSDBP.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Leeds Society for Deaf & Blind People
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£295k£277k
- 2024£344k£349k
- 2023£343k£405k
Earlier years
- 2022£272k£413k
- 2021£188k£400k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING SENSORY IMPAIRED, BY PROMOTING, ORGANISING, AND FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT
Grants received
5 grants · £190,436 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £152,436 (3 grants)
- Leeds Community Foundation · £30,000
- Power to Change Trust · £8,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Jason Hixon Chair since 2013
- Beverley Byard since 2025
- Christine Roche since 2014
- Donna Burrows since 2019
- Evindra Lorenzo Wickremaratne since 2015
- Sheila Foster since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Jason Hixon Chair since 2013
- Christine Roche since 2014
- Donna Burrows since 2019
- Evindra Lorenzo Wickremaratne since 2015
- Sheila Foster since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jason Hixon Chair since 2013
- Beverley Byard since 2025
- Christine Roche since 2014
- Donna Burrows since 2019
- Evindra Lorenzo Wickremaratne since 2015
- Sheila Foster 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 227169
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 MAR 1917NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27 NOV 1996NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 DEC 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 SEP 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 00146281 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07775444032 · info@leedssocietyfordeafandblind.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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