WORCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 1136716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIGHT CONCERN WORCESTERSHIRE

Latest income

£461k

Latest spending

£388k

Registered

2010

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income

£603k

Total spending

£311k

Cost of raising funds

£49k

Reserves (reported)

£567

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Hazel Margaret Shawchair
Andrew William Hall
Dr Robert Howard Lee Milford
ELIZABETH BAIO · trustee of 1 other charity
Phillip Virdi-Smith

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£461k	£388k
31/03/2024	£350k	£584k
31/03/2023	£200k	£501k
31/03/2022	£436k	£392k
31/03/2021	£603k	£311k

Common questions

Who funds WORCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND as a grant recipient include THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION, THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£33k
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£-27k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	31/03/2025	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery	29/09/2023	£25k	Unrestricted Funding