BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY

Registered charity 1146413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCBS, BERKSHIRE VISION

Provision of information, advice, guidance, support services, leisure, social and sports activities for visually impaired people in Berkshire

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £158,331 for the year, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £2.89 million. The trustees report that free reserves are nil, with total funds held in an expendable endowment fund, though they believe sufficient resources exist to meet needs for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Jones
• Christopher Owen
• Clare Baldwin
• DAVID JOHN FEW
• IAN ALEXANDER FRASER
• Jane Veys
• MR DON REED
• ROBERT BRISTOW

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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