VISION NORFOLK

Registered charity 1206599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

At Vision Norfolk we recognise that the experience of losing sight or developing vision impairment is extremely distressing and can be isolating and costly for those affected. Through our team of expert staff and volunteers, we offer a range of services that provide practical and emotional support to people with sight loss, their families and carers at every stage of their sight loss journey.

Objects

The object of the Charity is to relieve the needs of vision impaired people of all ages, primarily but not exclusively living in Norfolk, to support and enable them to live independent and fulfilled lives.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £646,190 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total resources expended exceeding incoming resources. However, the trustees note that the charity maintains substantial unrestricted reserves of £7,539,178, which they consider adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future despite the current financial pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Argents Audit Services Limited. 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vision Norfolk (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Nortonchair
• Bridget Hemmant · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLLR Nicole Caroline Karimi-Ghovanlou · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr David Goldser MBBS
• Jamie Kidd
• Julian Foster MA,ACA,FCT
• Rachael Laurie

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VISION ENHANCEMENT SERVICES.

• VISION ENHANCEMENT SERVICES income £5.8m
• AGE CONCERN NORFOLK income £1.0m
• Sight Support West of England income £978k
• VISIONARY - LINKING LOCAL SIGHT LOSS CHARITIES income £399k
• INFOCUS CHARITY income £10.6m
• SIGHT CYMRU income £558k

Side by side with its peers

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