The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Blackburn and District Blind Society

Registered charity 519938 Registered since 1988

Operates: Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen

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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

6y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4General Charitable Purposes 3Amateur Sport 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.

Manufacturing 2Health and social care 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£27k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bbsoc.org.uk
Emailcontact@bbsoc.org.uk
Phone01254698683
AddressSuite 4 - Unit A, NJK House, Wilkinson Way, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB1 2EE

Finances

£26,526 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£75,697£40,776
2022£16,315£42,782
2023£16,901£44,574
2024£14,338£43,768
2025£26,526£43,805

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION TO BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS, WHO RESIDE IN BLACKBURN AND TEH SURROUNDING DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE RELIEF OF SUCH PERSONS IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17TH FEBRUARY 1988 AS AMENDED 5 NOVEMBER 1998.AS AMENDED ON 25 AUG 2017

Trustees (4)

4trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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