HERTS VISION LOSS

Registered charity 1047148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTFORDSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, HERTS VISION LOSS LTD

Herts Vision Loss services:Home Visits by staff and trained volunteersA Hospital Information Service located in eye clinicsA central Resource Centre and outreach locations Information for visually impaired people through a help/advice line A regular Newsletter and full information via our website. Support to local social clubs across the countyChildren's services, social clubs

Objects

TO GRANT ASSISTANCE TO ALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HERTFORDSHIRE OR IN NEIGHBOURING AREAS; TO CARRY ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS; AND TO CARRY ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO THE PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION OR CURE OF PROBLEMS RELATING TO EYESIGHT.

Area of benefit: HERTFORDSHIRE OR IN NEIGHBOURING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Welwyn Hatfield, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity concluded the financial year in a breakeven position with total income of £490,374 and total expenditure of £490,174. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £132,923, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure. The charity maintains a 'going concern' status with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Herts Vision Loss (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Proudly funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.” (source page)
• East Herts Lottery — “Discover more about the East Herts Lottery and enroll now for an opportunity to win and provide support to Herts Vision Loss.” (source page)
• Hertfordshire County Council — “Proudly funded by Hertfordshire County Council.” (source page)
• St Albans District Community Lottery — “By taking part in the St Albans District Community Lottery you can help Herts Vision Loss by nominating us as your charity.” (source page)
• Thomas Pocklington Trust — “Thomas Pocklington Trust has proudly run the programme since 2015.” (source page)
• Hertfordshire Community Foundation — “Proudly funded by Hertfordshire Community Foundation!” (source page)
• Sport England — “Proudly funded by Sport England!” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £330k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Alexandra Hickinbothamchair
• Janet Picken MA, M.Sc.
• John Charles Creswick Page
• John Duff Warner-Smith
• Paul Anthony Taylor
• Raj Visram
• Sherif Adewale Ibrahim
• Susan Anne Burbidge

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Herts Ability Limited.

• Herts Ability Limited income £961k
• Hartlepool Vision Support income £160k
• VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT income £103k
• VISION NORTH SOMERSET income £323k
• Helping Herts income £277k
• INFOCUS CHARITY income £10.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.