WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1130235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1)Drop In center activities to alleviate loneliness, 2) Providing weekly talking newspapers on audio tapes. 3) Taking blind and partially sighted people to various places of interest 4) providing advice and case work services. 5Training in mobility and providing music and bringing speakers to talk to the blind people on issues of blindness,. 6) Blindness awareness;. 7) Outreach:

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Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £881 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £55,760 and expenditure of £56,641. The trustees regard the current reserves of £16,773 as insufficient, noting that the target minimum level of general reserves is three months of unrestricted expenditure. Despite the deficit, the charity remains solvent with unrestricted funds of £5,595 and restricted funds of £11,178 carried forward.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (97% of income)

“Total Grants Income - 53,948 53,948 74,217” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £17k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)

“Reserve is regarded as insufficient by the trustees” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREAS GEORGIOU
ASMA MUSHTAQ
GARY WIGGINS
Naseem Yaqub
TARIQ HUSSAIN
hanif jinwalla

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£56k	£57k
31/03/2024	£75k	£68k
31/03/2023	£46k	£51k
31/03/2022	£51k	£56k
31/03/2021	£87k	£90k

Common questions

Is WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £881 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £55,760 and expenditure of £56,641. The trustees regard the current reserves of £16,773 as insufficient, noting that the target minimum level of general reserves is three months of unrestricted expenditure. Despite the deficit, the charity remains solvent with unrestricted funds of £5,595 and restricted funds of £11,178 carried forward. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, LONDON CATALYST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Care of the Blind, Prevention of, or Cure of Blindness
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
LONDON CATALYST	FY2025	£2k	Hardship grant.
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	10/03/2025	£10k	Grant to WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/02/2024	£20k	Solving digital exclusion in a cost of living crisis for Blind Older People.
City Bridge Foundation	10/10/2022	£30k	Grant to WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/10/2022	£10k	IMPROVING MENTAL&PHYSICAL HEALTH AND BUILDING OF STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2021	£5k	DISABILITY INCLUSSION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 CRISIS
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/09/2021	£10k	Together We Can Rebuild our lives shattered by COVID-19 Crisis.
UK government	22/09/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Greater London Authority	01/10/2019	£5k	Sports and physical inclusion for social exclusion and building relationships
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/11/2016	£10k	Community Engagement and Link Building for Older Visually Impaired Peo
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/12/2011	£10k	Count me in Olympics
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/09/2010	£10k	Volunteer Health and Wellbeing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/06/2008	£5k	Waltham Forest Blind Association
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/12/2005	£5k	Outreach project
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/06/2004	£5k	Advocacy training