SUTTON VISION
Registered charity 1092429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
To promote and improve the welfare of blind and partially sighted persons resident in the administrative area of the London Borough of Sutton.
Objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECT ("THE OBJECT") IS TO DO ALL THINGS THAT ARE CHARITABLE (WITHIN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON.
Area of benefit: SUTTON
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year of £78,429, significantly increasing its net assets to £237,114. Unrestricted reserves stood at £136,113, which is above the stated policy target of six months of unrestricted reserves. The charity is not audited but subject to independent examination, with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status disclosed.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted reserves (held: £136k)
“The charity aims to maintain a minimum of 6 months of unrestricted reserves to cover operational costs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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.
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- 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
- 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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 30
- Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 3% of the £347,326 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 30
- Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 5% of the £218,735 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 30
- Government income: £133,519 — grants £133,519 (4); 64% of the £209,741 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sutton Vision (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.
- LEACOCK, Hilary — director, appointed 25/01/2024on trustee list
- MILGATE, Juliet Frances — director, appointed 15/03/2023on trustee list
- RICHMAN, Anthony David — director, appointed 26/11/2019on trustee list
- SYRETT, Louisa Jane — director, appointed 21/03/2017on trustee list
- PATEL, Himanshu Ramanbhai — director, appointed 21/03/2017on trustee list
- RANDLES, Graham Andrew — director, appointed 21/03/2017on trustee list
- CHRISTIE, Susan Ann — director, appointed 21/01/2014on trustee list
- PARSONS, Michael David — director, appointed 26/06/2012on trustee list
- RICHMAN, Anthony David — secretary, appointed 27/05/2021
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anthony David Richman
- Graham Andrew Randles
- Hilary Leacock
- Himanshu Ramanbhai Patel
- Juliet Milgate
- Kevin Francis O'Sullivan · trustee of 1 other charity
- LOUISA JANE SYRETT · trustee of 1 other charity
- MICHAEL DAVID PARSONS
- Susan Ann Christie
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Sutton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SUTTON VISION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year of £78,429, significantly increasing its net assets to £237,114. Unrestricted reserves stood at £136,113, which is above the stated policy target of six months of unrestricted reserves. The charity is not audited but subject to independent examination, with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SUTTON VISION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SUTTON VISION as a grant recipient include Fight for Sight, TRUST FOR LONDON, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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