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.

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

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £253k)
To hold contingency reserves for: · A minimum of 12 months' operating costs
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£49k£86k
31/03/2024£52k£84k
31/03/2023£123k£65k
31/03/2022£119k£68k
31/03/2021£70k£73k

Common questions

Is WEST CUMBRIA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government03/07/2020£28kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund16/10/2019£10kSight Loss Lifeline Community Outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2008£309kSight Loss Lifeline
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2006£3kSocial Activities