WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1119462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILTSHIRE SIGHT

Wiltshire Sight exists to reduce the impact of sight loss, providing local services to enable Blind and Partially-Sighted people in Wiltshire and Swindon to lead fulfilling, independent lives.

Objects

ARE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS LIVING IN WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON.

Area of benefit: WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON

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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Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£222k

Latest spending

£254k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,277 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £600,282 to £558,005. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £258,862 are slightly higher than their stated policy target of 12 months' operating costs, and they intend to bring funds down to that level in the coming year. The trustees have confirmed adequate resources for going concern purposes.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months' operating costs (reserves figure: £259k)

“The target amount for contingency set by the charity is therefore 12 months’ operating costs.”

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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

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: 100
Government income: £3,800 — grants £3,800 (5); 2% of the £222,294 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 77
Government income: £4,630 — grants £4,630 (4); 3% of the £133,482 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 61
Government income: £6,934 — grants £6,934 (8); 4% of the £188,451 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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 (07/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Carl Hallchair
Gillian Stephens
Luke Hillman
Nicholas Grinham · trustee of 1 other charity
Robin Stephens

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£222k	£254k
31/03/2024	£133k	£229k
31/03/2023	£188k	£231k
31/03/2022	£389k	£220k
31/03/2021	£204k	£132k

Common questions

Is WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,277 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £600,282 to £558,005. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £258,862 are slightly higher than their stated policy target of 12 months' operating costs, and they intend to bring funds down to that level in the coming year. The trustees have confirmed adequate resources for going concern purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include AGE UK WILTSHIRE, THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST, ST. JAMES TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
AGE UK WILTSHIRE	FY2021	£10k
AGE UK WILTSHIRE	FY2022	£5k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
ST. JAMES TRUST	FY2022	£1k
ST. JAMES TRUST	FY2023	£750

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/02/2025	£20k	Digital Inclusion Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2022	£10k	Peer Support
Postcode Lottery	27/08/2022	£24k	Peer Support Service
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/05/2021	£10k	Community Sight Loss Service
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/03/2020	£10k	Community Sight Loss Advice Service in Wiltshire
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/06/2018	£6k	Assistive Technology Roadshows
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2015	£8k	Hard to Reach Group Pilot Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/03/2014	£10k	Assistive Technology Resource Centre and Workshops

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION	4	£12k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	3	£6k
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST	2	£511k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	2	£114k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£50k
THE INMAN CHARITY	2	£10k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	2	£9k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	2	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINCOLN & LINDSEY BLIND SOCIETY.

LINCOLN & LINDSEY BLIND SOCIETY income £423k
Sight Support West of England income £978k
DERBYSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND LTD income £732k
WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £565k
WALSALL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND LIMITED income £393k
SIGHT LOSS SHROPSHIRE income £112k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION	£222k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LINCOLN & LINDSEY BLIND SOCIETY FY2026	£423k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Sight Support West of England FY2025	£978k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
DERBYSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND LTD FY2025	£732k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND FY2025	£565k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
WALSALL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND LIMITED FY2025	£393k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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