BURY SOCIETY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED

Registered charity 1102525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the wellbeing of blind and partially sighted people in Bury, Greater Manchester and surrounding areas..

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS IN BURY, LANCASHIRE.

Area of benefit: BURY, LANCASHIRE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £62,599 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing total funds to £366,272. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £125,585, which is below the stated policy target of six months' normal expenditure. The trustees confirmed adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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.

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
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bury Society For the Blind and Partially Sighted (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey Marnochair
• Barry Grigg
• Catherine Harrop
• Deborah Ann Podmore
• Diane Helen Webb
• Ian Mayer
• Joan Grimshaw
• Louise Goldfinch
• MUHAMMAD IQBAL
• Nadeem Khan Rana

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

Operates in: Bury · Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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