SIGHT CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE
Registered charity 1117209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Sight Concern Bedfordshire's aim is to enhance the independence of blind and partially sighted people living within Luton and Bedfordshire. To reach out to the whole community to raise awareness about visual impairment and to ensure that everyone who requires information, and or, assistance receives it.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £12,939 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £543,440, which significantly exceeds the risk-based reserves policy target of £210,000, providing a cushion against financial uncertainty.
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 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sight Concern Bedfordshire (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.
- DAVIS, Anne Julia — director, appointed 13/01/2026on trustee list
- PAWELKIEWICZ, Hubert — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
- LITTLE, Jamile Paul — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
- O'BRIEN, Calli — director, appointed 11/06/2020on trustee list
- JAMESON, Joanna Claire — director, appointed 01/05/2017on trustee list
- MITCHELL, David — director, appointed 13/10/2006on trustee list
- O'BRIEN, Carol Ann — secretary, appointed 09/02/2018
Official officers record.
- ANNE DAVIS
- Calli O'Brien
- DAVID LISTER JOHN MITCHELL · trustee of 1 other charity
- Hubert pawelkiewicz
- Jamile Paul Little
- Joanna Claire Jameson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SIGHT CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £12,939 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £543,440, which significantly exceeds the risk-based reserves policy target of £210,000, providing a cushion against financial uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SIGHT CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SIGHT CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE as a grant recipient include BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE HARPUR TRUST, THE PANACEA CHARITABLE TRUST, BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED.
Known funders
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