WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE

Registered charity 1169900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARRINGTON, WIDNES & DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Offering a listening, caring, supportive, service for all Visually Impaired People in the Warrington area.Providing a suitable resource centre, offering equipment, advice, and information.Co Operating in and supporting the work of the official visitors of the Visually Impaired.Arranging suitable activities for Visually Impaired, with the object of improving their quality of life.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN WARRINGTON IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) GIVING ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL, AND OTHERWISE TO CASES OF VISUAL IMPAIRED PERSONS WHO, BY REASON OF AGE, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS HAVE NEED OF SUCH HELP WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE(B) ARRANGING SUITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.(C) CO-OPERATING IN AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE OFFICIAL VISITORS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.(D) PROVIDING A SUITABLE RESOURCE CENTRE, OFFERING EQUIPMENT, ADVICE, AND INFORMATION.(E) OFFERING A LISTENING, CARING, SUPPORTIVE, SERVICE FOR ALL VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THE WARRINGTON AND DISTRICT AREA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£142k

Latest spending

£184k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with a deficit, showing an excess of payments over receipts of £42,015 for the period. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to retain three months of running costs in unrestricted cash reserves to ensure effective operation, although the actual unrestricted cash balance at year-end was £21,858. The charity holds significant designated investment assets (£486,867) held for the future purchase of a property.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (reserves figure: £22k)

“The Trustees have reviewed the reserves policy for Warrington VIP and have decided to aim to retain three months running costs in unrestricted cash reserves” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Mutacio maintains and updates our website free of charge

“A local media company Mutacio maintains and updates our website free of charge, ensuring accessible information is always available.” — page 6

“Trustee Dave a retired electrician installed the cooker following the conversion of the electrical supply to triple Phase with a former colleague to certify the work.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Dave installed cooker

“A local media company Mutacio maintains and updates our website free of charge, ensuring accessible information is always available.” — page 6

“Trustee Dave a retired electrician installed the cooker following the conversion of the electrical supply to triple Phase with a former colleague to certify the work.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £33,032 — contracts £33,032 (1); 23% of the £142,310 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £31,181 — contracts £31,181 (1); 25% of the £122,352 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 9
Government income: £36,471 — contracts £36,471 (1); 33% of the £109,738 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Kenneth Latham
Frederick Parkinson
Geoffrey Settle
Linda Welding
Lisa Caroline Wong

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£142k	£184k
31/03/2024	£122k	£156k
31/03/2023	£110k	£124k
31/03/2022	£50k	£101k
31/03/2021	£70k	£293k

Common questions

Is WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with a deficit, showing an excess of payments over receipts of £42,015 for the period. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to retain three months of running costs in unrestricted cash reserves to ensure effective operation, although the actual unrestricted cash balance at year-end was £21,858. The charity holds significant designated investment assets (£486,867) held for the future purchase of a property.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	05/11/2025	£50k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/07/2025	£20k	VIP Minibuses: Enhancing Accessibility Through Minibus Renewal

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST	3	£520k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£40k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£14k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£28k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£14k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Visably.

Visably income £758k
VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT income £103k
WIRRAL SOCIETY OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED income £251k
Vision Support Barrow & District income £2.5m
Sight Support West of England income £978k
WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SIGHT AID income £152k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE	£142k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Visably FY2025	£758k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT FY2025	£103k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WIRRAL SOCIETY OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED FY2025	£251k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Vision Support Barrow & District FY2026	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Sight Support West of England FY2025	£978k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.