BUCKSVISION

Registered charity 1147814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND; BAB

To promote the better education, training, employment and welfare of blind and partially sighted people and people with sensory disabilities other than visual impairment, and generally watch over and protect the interests of such people and to prevent blindness.Operating throughout Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes; including 12 social clubs, art and craft groups, walking, bowls, and fitness.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £17,564 for the year, despite a central operating deficit on unrestricted funding of £79,199. The filing notes that the charity is in a 'substantial structural deficit position' and is dependent on fundraising activities that are 'still far from supporting the current cost base.' However, the trustees confirm that the reserves position ensures compliance with the reserves policy and allows the charity to maintain its focus on service delivery.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Valerie Caldwellchair
• Dean Michael Marks
• Ian Taylor
• JOHN NICHOLAS CROWTHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jan Robert Antosiewicz
• Jonathan Sidwell
• Sally Smith

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

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).