WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SIGHT AID

Registered charity 1140483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide support to people living with sight loss across the Wakefield District. We do this through a variety of practical and wider wellbeing services, including home visits, Demonstration and Advice events, and a programme of community outreach designed to bring people together for friendship and support. We work closely with colleagues at Wakefield Council and a variety of other partners.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE BLIND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW, OR HEREAFTER MAY BE, DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, WITHIN THE WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: WAKEFIELD

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: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £15,248 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £107,433. This reserve level is above the charity's stated minimum policy target of £46,000, though it slightly exceeds the upper bound of 9 months' operating costs (£105,000). The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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• Risk management
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• 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)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Luke Benjamin Scholeychair
• Andrew Christopher Quinn Patterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNEFER BRIDGET LOCKYER
• MAUREEN LINDA TENNANT-KING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Newton
• Ross Southall
• Sarah Louise Shooter
• Stephen John Kirk · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE.

• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £209k
• Sight Support West of England income £978k
• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT CARERS ASSOCIATION income £779k
• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD income £192k
• VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT income £103k
• WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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