METRO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB OF VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE
Registered charity 1158098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as METRO BLIND SPORTS
Metro provides people with a vision impairment in the Greater London area with a range of sporting and social activities and opportunities, giving them the means to mix with sighted people with a view to improving understanding of the needs of people with sight, and to provide, where possible, some form of financial assistance to its members to enable them to participate fully in sporting events.
Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £79,370, which the Trustees deem appropriate to cover their stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £61,705 for the year, supported by significant grant funding from the Thomas Pocklington Trust. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £79k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to hold sufficient unrestricted reserves to cover six months operating costs” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/12/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Nick Ebbeckchair
- Andrew Law
- Ben Roback
- Chris Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lewis Rogers
- Maja Vojnovic
- Samual Edmond George Hoskin
- Syed Muhammad Naqi Haider Rizvi
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is METRO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB OF VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £79,370, which the Trustees deem appropriate to cover their stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £61,705 for the year, supported by significant grant funding from the Thomas Pocklington Trust. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds METRO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB OF VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name METRO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB OF VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE as a grant recipient include THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST.
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