Registered charity · Wakefield
National Federation of the Blind of the United Kingdom
- 7 trustees
- Income £32k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Clive LeverTrustee · since 2023
- Douglas GilroyTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Devaki SivasubramanianTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth Ann SilverTrustee · since 2022
- Jill Allen-KingTrustee · since 2024
- MR A HodgsonTrustee · since 2013
- MR K FarrellTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- Living Without Sight LTD · 1 shared trustee
- Transport for ALL · 1 shared trustee
- Nottinghamshire Disabled Peoples Movement · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.nfbuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£32k£80k
- 2023£73k£87k
- 2022£59k£96k
Earlier years
- 2021£44k£67k
- 2020£22k£56k
Charitable objects
THROUGH REPRESENTATION AND CAMPAIGNING, THE FEDERATION STRIVES TO IMPROVE ASPECTS AND QUALITY OF DAILY LIFE FOR ALL BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, AND DEAF-BLIND PEOPLE AND THOSE WHOãS SIGHT IMPAIRMENT IS PART OF MULTI DISABILITY, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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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
- Clive Lever since 2023
- Douglas Gilroy since 2025
- Dr Devaki Sivasubramanian since 2020
- Elizabeth Ann Silver since 2022
- Jill Allen-King since 2024
- MR A Hodgson since 2013
- MR K Farrell
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Devaki Sivasubramanian since 2020
- MR A Hodgson since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Clive Lever since 2023
- Douglas Gilroy since 2025
- Dr Devaki Sivasubramanian since 2020
- MR A Hodgson since 2013
Portfolio (3)
- Elizabeth Ann Silver since 2022
- Jill Allen-King since 2024
- MR K Farrell
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.
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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
- 236629
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES AS AMENDED AT MEETING OF 6TH JUNE 1964 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 25TH/26TH MAY 1974 AND 27TH MAY 1979 AND 29TH SEPTEMBER 2002, AND 25TH, 26TH SEPTEMBER 2004 AND 2 OCTOBER 2010.
- Contact on the register
- 01924291313 · admin@nfbuk.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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