Southend in Sight

Registered charity 1069765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BLIND WELFARE ORGANISATION

The principal object of the charity is to offer support for visually impaired and blind persons and their families in Southend on Sea, Essex and the adjoining areas.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £1,349. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £344,949, which the Trustees consider adequate to run the day-to-day affairs of the Charity.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03554422

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southend in Sight (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HEFFERAN, Penny Jane — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
• DAVIES, Sally — director, appointed 21/10/2020on trustee list
• MCLEWIN, Clare Louise — director, appointed 20/11/2019not on trustee list
• CABLE, Russell Owen — director, appointed 05/01/2018on trustee list
• COOPER, Stephanie — director, appointed 17/01/2000on trustee list
• WACOGNE, David Emile — director, appointed 14/09/1998not on trustee list
• WARBURTON, Philip George — director, appointed 28/04/1998on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Southend-On-Sea Blind Welfare Organisation — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 04/09/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Louise Mc Lewin
• D E WACOGNE
• PHILIP GEORGE WARBURTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penelope Jane Hefferan
• Russell Owen Cable
• STEPHANIE COOPER
• Sally Davies

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

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).