Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Registered charity · Cleveland

Teesside and District Society for the Blind

Teesside and District Society for the Blind is a registered charity (number 700212) based in Cleveland, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Stephen Hudson since 2015. Latest income £161k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Teeside and District Society for the Blind (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £161k (2025)
How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is Teesside and District Society for the Blind. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

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

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.

About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport
Where
Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees
Website
www.teessideblind.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£161k£177k
  • 2024£185k£166k
  • 2023£166k£189k
Earlier years
  • 2022£98k£172k
  • 2021£95k£136k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF MIDDLESBROUGH, THE BOROUGH OF REDCAR AND CLEVELAND AND THE BOROUGH OF STOCKTON ON TEES BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS OR SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT: A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WELFARE CENTRE FOR SUCH PERSONS; B) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; C) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS. D) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Grants received

8 grants · £66,700 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 · £59,700 (6 grants)
  • Point North · £7,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-02-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-09-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-07-01
  • Point North £3,0002022-06-06
  • Point North £4,0002021-09-10
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.

8 trustees on the board

4.1y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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£161k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
700212
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29 APRIL 1988 AS AMENDED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1992, 17 SEPTEMBER 1993, 13 SEPTEMBER 1996 AND 12 SEPTEMBER 2003 as amended on 27 Feb 2020
Contact on the register
01642247518 · manager@teessideblind.co.uk
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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data