SIGHT CYMRU

Registered charity 1171471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLWG CYMRU, GWENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, SIGHT SUPPORT

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Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of £621,905 for the year ended 31 March 2022, driven by investment gains despite an operating deficit. The trustees' report notes that free reserves totalled £857,780, which is below the stated policy target of enabling the organisation to trade for 9 months in the event of no further funding. The auditor confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~18.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• RHODA WILLIAMSchair
• Aji Ramanujam Raghuram
• Helen Tudball
• Himalee Rupesinghe
• John Richard James Beavan
• Jonathan Mudd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Thomas
• Philip Stephen Evans
• Prof Rachel North
• Susan Margaret Hughes

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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