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Registered charity · London

The Royal Society for Blind Children

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £4.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rsbc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Royal Society for Blind Children
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.5m£5.7m
  • 2024£5.0m£4.8m
  • 2023£4.0m£4.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.5m£3.4m
  • 2021£5.0m£3.9m
Charitable objects

1.1 ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED;1.2 PROVIDING SUCH ASSISTANCE AS CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED MAY REQUIRE TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR OTHERWISE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS;1.3 PROVIDING FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE AND INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN;1.4 PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE AS THE SOCIETY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT.

Board analysis for researchers

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

4.7y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 11Economic/community Development/employment 11Education/training 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 21Education 16Professional services 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2020

81 from 69 in 2020
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.
19%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
307892
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 MAR 1915AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 FEB 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 NOV 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 MAR 2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 JAN 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31 JAN 2017
Companies House
Company number 00139928 · Active
Contact on the register
02031980225 · julie.davis@rsbc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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