ISLE OF ELY SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 201355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FENVISION

To provide assistance,advice,support and social activities for blind and partially sighted persons who are resident in the old county of the "Isle of Ely".

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE ISLE OF ELY IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Area of benefit: THE ISLE OF ELY

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £582,259, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of a £90,000 minimum. While the charity faces risks due to a lack of guaranteed funding and reliance on donations, the substantial reserve position suggests adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• SYLVIA MARY KEANEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Beryl Samuel
• Brian Samuel
• COUNCILLOR PETER MURPHY · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Young
• GODFREY BRIAN SMITH · trustee of 3 other charities
• JOHN HENDERSON ORBELL · trustee of 3 other charities
• Simon Wilkes
• Suzanne Tucker

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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