TELFORD VISUALLY IMPAIRED GROUP

Registered charity 1209274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Telford VIsually Impaired Group supports visullay impaired people and their carers with the Telford and Wrekin area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1.1 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF ADULTS LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS DISABILITY AND WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN TELFORD BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.1.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF ADULT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND SIGHT LOSS DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.1.3 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE CARING FOR OR NURSING A PERSON WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND SIGHT LOSS DISABILITY IN ANY PLACE OTHER THAN AN INSTITUTION OR NURSING HOME AS DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 AND CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS ACT 1970, AND THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR ARE SIGHT LOSS DISABLED BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE.

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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Registered contact address: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £157,436 as of 31 December 2025, derived largely from a £150,000 donation received in 2024. The trustees report a surplus for the year and indicate that funds are invested to ensure sufficient resources for future activities. No reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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 4 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Richardschair
• Alexandra Tibbetts
• Dr Haydn Paul Griffiths · trustee of 2 other charities
• Geoffrey Stephen Foulkes · trustee of 1 other charity
• HAYLEY KATHERINE DYSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Beatrice Wynn · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kenneth George Whitcombe
• Peter George Seaward · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY.

• THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY income £410k
• WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE income £142k
• TELEPHONES FOR THE BLIND FUND income £57k
• SALFORD DISABILITY FORUM income £31k
• Sight Support Worthing income £287k
• WIRRAL SOCIETY OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED income £251k

Side by side with its peers

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