Registered charity · East Sussex
Visually Impaired Bowls England
- 9 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- David Anthony MearsChair · since 2021
- Barbara Doreen MetcalfTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher Charles PriceTrustee · since 2021
- John Charles HollowellTrustee · since 2024
- Josephine Mary WoodTrustee · since 2025
- Kelvin John HorribenTrustee · since 2022
- Moira SheehanTrustee · since 2022
- Ronald Gordon HomerTrustee · since 2016
- Scott Charles VallanceTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.vibowlsengland.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1977
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£10k
- 2024£21k£11k
- 2023£17k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£41k£51k
- 2021£10k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO ENCOURAGE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS TO PLAY THE GAME OF BOWLS SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED
Grants received
4 grants · £6,443 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
- Sport England · £3,443
- Somerset Community Foundation · £2,000 (2 grants)
- Sir George Martin Trust · £1,000
Most recent
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.
9 trustees on the board
- David Anthony Mears Chair since 2021
- Barbara Doreen Metcalf since 2021
- Christopher Charles Price since 2021
- John Charles Hollowell since 2024
- Josephine Mary Wood since 2025
- Kelvin John Horriben since 2022
- Moira Sheehan since 2022
- Ronald Gordon Homer since 2016
- Scott Charles Vallance since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Ronald Gordon Homer since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- David Anthony Mears Chair since 2021
- Barbara Doreen Metcalf since 2021
- Christopher Charles Price since 2021
- John Charles Hollowell since 2024
- Kelvin John Horriben since 2022
- Moira Sheehan since 2022
- Ronald Gordon Homer since 2016
- Scott Charles Vallance since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Josephine Mary Wood since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 273134
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 09/10/1976AS AMENDED ON 13/02/1977AS AMENDED ON 06/11/1982AS AMENDED ON 07/11/1987AS AMENDED ON 06/06/1993AS AMENDED ON 06/11/1993AS AMENDED ON 05/11/1994AS AMENDED ON 01/11/1997AS AMENDED ON 08/04/2000AS AMENDED ON 28/07/2001AS AMENDED ON 06/04/2002AS AMENDED ON 05/04/2003AS AMENDED ON 03/04/2004AS AMENDED ON 24/08/2010
- Contact on the register
- 02088579283 · smile2u60@yahoo.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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