HALIFAX SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND CIO

Registered charity 1197353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Sight Support Calderdale

Provide advice on specialist equipment, access to social activities, emotional support, access to technology, small grants and information services. The charity operates from a central hub with telephone and on-line support offering practical solutions and also provides a venue for people affected by sight loss to come together.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY SIGHT LOSS IN THE CALDERDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT").

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £70,793 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net movement of funds of the same negative amount. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to hold restricted reserves of £382,000 to cover approximately 12 months of average expenditure, a target which the balance sheet indicates is currently held as a restricted fund balance.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Halifax Society for the Blind (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £200k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sue Mortchair
• Dr Colin Hutchinson
• Owen Pedder
• Peter Horsfall Benson
• Susan Audrey Hanson
• Suzanne Elizabeth Mitchell

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

Operates in: Calderdale

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).