HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND

Registered charity 1055498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPEN SIGHT, OpenSight

Latest income

£535k

Latest spending

£641k

Registered

1996

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£658k

Total spending

£641k

Cost of raising funds

£63k

Reserves (reported)

£2.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~38.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Daniel Collins
Dr Vivien Mary Robins
Helen Kyne
Lynn Simpson
Mark Oliphant
Steven Foster
William Baker
Zakariya Jarrar

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£535k	£641k
31/03/2024	£165k	£452k
31/03/2023	£273k	£469k
31/03/2022	£254k	£429k
31/03/2021	£137k	£382k

Common questions

Who funds HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND as a grant recipient include THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£83k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k
THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£19k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£8k
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2012	£42k	"Vision of the Past"