SOMERSET SIGHT LIMITED

Registered charity 1154472 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help visually impaired people in and around the county of Somerset to live as independently as possible by the provision of services and activities.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves amounted to £411,310, which the Trustees calculated represents just over nine months of expenditure against a budgeted total of approximately £525,000. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £61,941, noting that funding provision is increasingly challenging despite steady demand. The Trustees confirmed 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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £122k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Rachel Blake · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Briggs · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Richard Arden Bott · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jonathan Alexander Newton Halliday · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Fellingham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard John Barton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Diane Tufton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Zdenek Gregor · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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