Sight Support West of England

Registered charity 1178384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VISION SOUTH WEST, VISION WEST OF ENGLAND

To provide local practical and emotional support for people living with sight loss across the West of England to improve quality of life, increase independence and enable blind and partially-sighted people to lead active and fulfilling lives.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ISTO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH AND AT RISK OF SIGHT LOSS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO INCREASE THEIR INDIVIDUAL INDEPENDENCE AND BY DEVELOPING AN INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF SIGHT LOSS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £57,276 for the group and £15,000 for the charity only, resulting in unrestricted general reserves of £241,899. This reserve level is slightly above the trustees' stated policy target of £230,000, which is designed to cover four months of operating costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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.

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
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sight Support West of England (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Masons Charity Bristol — “Community Groups Masons Charity Bristol” (source page)
• Midsomer Norton Lions Club — “Midsomer Norton Lions Club” (source page)
• Annett Charitable Trust — “Trusts & Foundations Annett Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Arnold Clark Foundation — “Arnold Clark Foundation” (source page)
• Dixie Rose Findley Trust — “Dixie Rose Findley Trust” (source page)
• National Lottery Reaching Communties Fund — “National Lottery Reaching Communties Fund” (source page)
• Radstock Town Council — “Town Councils Radstock Town Council” (source page)
• Keynsham Town Council — “Keynsham Town Council” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicholas Grinhamchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amar Shah
• Anela Wood
• Heather Armstrong
• Ioan McAvoy
• Roger Bonner
• Simon John Russell

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SIGHT AID.

• WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SIGHT AID income £152k
• Sight Support Worthing income £287k
• Southend in Sight income £337k
• WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION income £222k
• East Cheshire Eye Society income £58k
• WIRRAL SOCIETY OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED income £251k

Side by side with its peers

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