The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Telephones for the Blind Fund

Registered charity 255155 Registered since 1970

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

4 trustees on the board

8.8y median 9.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 6Other services 5Business services 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
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2024
incomespending£11k latest income

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.tftb.org.uk
Emailinfo@tftb.org.uk
Phone07547406563
Address170 MANCHESTER ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 2PD

Finances

£10,661 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£15,132£23,072
2021£23,965£56,112
2022£7,251£11,144
2023£1,249£451,359
2024£10,661£10,104

What it does

What

DisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF THE BLIND AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF A) TO PROVIDE TELEPHONES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BLIND RESIDENTS B) TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ABOVE PURPOSES.

Governing document: RULES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED 18TH JANUARY 1968 AS AMENDED AT SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 11TH MARCH 1969 AND 24TH MARCH 1970 AND 17TH MARCH 1987 AND 29 JULY 1999

Trustees (4)

4trustees
65median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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