THE SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 1047257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL SHEFFIELD INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND AND RSIB, SRSB

The Charity provides a comrehensive range of services to support visually impaired people in the city of Sheffield.

Objects

To relieve the charitable needs of, and care for, people with a sight impairment and/or people with a hearing impairment, in particular, but without limitation, by the provision of opportunity, support, friendship and services to people with a sight impairment and/or people with a hearing impairment, helping them to achieve whatever they legally wish to do and whatever they aspire to be.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £(173,731), resulting in total charity funds decreasing from £7,388,156 to £7,214,425. The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £7,060,530, which the trustees consider necessary to maintain investment income levels given market volatility. The trustees confirmed 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 audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03053277

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind (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).

• Abbeydale Rotary — “Thanks to Abbeydale Rotary Sheffield Sight Loss Charity Thanks Local Rotary Group for Funding New Confidence Building Course” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HAMBLETON, Steven John — director, appointed 04/05/2023on trustee list
• SMITH, Gary — director, appointed 20/11/2022on trustee list
• KAUR, Daljit — director, appointed 01/08/2022on trustee list
• NOLAN, Robert Jan Michiel — director, appointed 05/11/2020on trustee list
• FROST, Richard Anthony — director, appointed 03/11/2016on trustee list
• BLACKSELL, Stephen Guy — director, appointed 31/01/2014on trustee list
• HULSE, Katrina Maria — director, appointed 31/01/2014on trustee list
• PATTISON, Catherine Jane — director, appointed 20/03/2013on trustee list
• HILL, Euin Robert — director, appointed 31/07/2008on trustee list
• WRAGG, Norman — director, appointed 25/10/2001not on trustee list
• ARDERN, Joanne Louise — secretary, appointed 04/11/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £182k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Sheffield Royal Society For The Blind — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 05/05/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~25.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Cairn Home: Requires improvement (09/04/2025) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD ANTHONY FROSTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CATHERINE JANE PATTISON
• DALJIT KAUR · trustee of 1 other charity
• EUIN ROBERT HILL
• Gary Smith
• Katrina Maria Hulse
• NORMAN WRAGG OBE
• Robert Jan Michiel Nolan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Guy Blacksell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steven John Hambleton · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 THE SUNDERLAND AND NORTH DURHAM ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND.

• THE SUNDERLAND AND NORTH DURHAM ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £216k
• THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £228k
• SOUTHAMPTON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £205k
• THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £2.3m
• HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND income £535k
• THE ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND income £36.5m

Side by side with its peers

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