BRITISH BLIND SPORT

Registered charity 1168093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

At British Blind Sport, we help blind and partially sighted people get active and play sport. We encourage adults and children to participate in activities at all levels, from grassroots to the Paralympic Games.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £309,878, which exceeds its stated policy target of covering one full year's running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £50,987 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £386,124. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Blind Sport (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS SALLY BARKERchair
• Adrain Davies
• Joelle Carlton-Conway
• Louise Assioun
• Mathew Pounder
• Monica Smith
• Richard Moon
• Sophie Lois Fairclough
• Yhaya Pandor

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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).