CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED

Registered charity 1058162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C B M, CBM (UK), CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION, END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY & DISABILITY · also registered in Scotland as SC041101 (OSCR)

CBM UK transforms the lives of people with disabilities, their families and communities in the poorest places in the world. We work with local partners to prevent and cure diseases that cause disability and build a world where people with disabilities can fulfil their potential, helping them access healthcare and education, build sustainable livelihoods and play an active role in their community

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £833,000 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a strategic decision to utilize reserves for additional programming. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £5.3m, which is at the top end of the stated target range of £2.5m to £5.3m, and the board confirmed adequate resources 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 Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amjad Ali
• Antonio Roberto Paolo Massella
• Elizabeth Dun
• Fingani M'Hone
• Flynne Rayton
• Ifunfun Akerejola Akinduro
• Robert Dillarstone · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Victor Robson
• Timothy Morris
• William Ackers

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Germany · Indonesia · Kenya · Malawi · Nepal · Nigeria · Northern Ireland · Rwanda · Scotland · Tanzania · Uganda

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR BLIND CHILDREN.

• THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR BLIND CHILDREN income £4.5m
• THE ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND CHARITY, LIVERPOOL income £6.3m
• JEWISH BLIND & PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED SOCIETY LIMITED income £6.1m
• THE CORNWALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED ASSOCIATION income £511k
• WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £565k
• LIMBLESS CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED income £116k

Side by side with its peers

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