WEST CUMBRIA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 1012522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOOK - THE WEST CUMBRIA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, LOOK - WEST CUMBRIA SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

1 We provide a Resource & information Centre open 9am-5pm Mon to Friday. 2 We provide an outreach visiting service and social clubs for blind or partially sighted.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: ALLERDALE AND COPELAND (EXCEPT THE AREA SOUTH OF THE RIVER ESK).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £36,817 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £469,463 to £432,646. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £252,646 (excluding the property reserve) are held for contingency costs and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Arthur Linsteadchair
• Christopher Gerard Quinn · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Rogac
• Mildred Josephine Linsead

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).