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Galloway's Society for the Blind

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Sefton, Lancashire
Website
www.galloways.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.6m£1.5m
  • 2024£957k£1.7m
  • 2023£1.0m£1.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.5m
  • 2021£840k£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1 TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITY OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SIGHT

Grants received

11 grants · £249,020 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £69,604 (2 grants)
  • Masonic Charitable Foundation · £57,310
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £46,700
  • Sport England · £24,697 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,009

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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.

8 trustees on the board

14.1y median 9y
average tenure
30y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Education/training 6Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 2Other services 2Business services 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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.6m latest income
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.

18.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

43 from 46 in 2021
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.
4%
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
526088
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED ON 31/10/1957AS AMENDED ON 24/11/1988AS AMENDED ON 30/11/1989AS AMENDED ON 28/01/1999AS AMENDED ON 19/03/1999AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 14/08/2013
Contact on the register
01772744148 · enquiries@galloways.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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