SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE BLIND SOCIETY

Registered charity 1182486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity promotes the welfare and health support of visually impaired people, deaf blind, people with hearing loss, mental health, dementia and general disabilities, and their carers

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Latest income
£191k
Latest spending
£237k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £191,385 and total spending was £237,323 for the financial period ending 31 March 2025, resulting in a deficit. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy or current unrestricted reserves figure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities
“Income breakdown Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received) £ 44,089 Charitable activities £ 114,702 Other trading activities £ 2,250 Investments £0 Other £ 30,344”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Lincolnshire Blind Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£191k£237k
31/03/2024£177k£220k
31/03/2023£182k£160k
31/03/2022£129k£101k
31/03/2021£303k£113k

Common questions

Is SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE BLIND SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £191,385 and total spending was £237,323 for the financial period ending 31 March 2025, resulting in a deficit. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy or current unrestricted reserves figure.

Who funds SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE BLIND SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE BLIND SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST, THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUSTFY2022£10kTargeted funding programme
THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2006£29kVolunteer support for blind and partially sighted people in the Kesteven ar

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE BLIND SOCIETY£191k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£204k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE FY2025£11.4m——below—no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND FY2025£535k—0unclear—no doubt

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