SOUTH DEVON AND CORNWALL INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 202125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to help promote the welfare of state registered blind people within the South Devon and Cornwall area. This is done mainly by providing grants to help them purchase educational equipment and living aids.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS IN THE AREA OF SOUTH DEVON AND CORNWALL

Area of benefit: SOUTH DEVON AND CORNWALL

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 · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net increase in cash funds of £32,944 for the year, supported by £50,000 from the sale of investments, bringing total cash holdings to £60,274. Total net assets decreased from £904,319 to £859,105, primarily due to the liquidation of investment assets. The trustees consider the investment performance satisfactory and maintain cash reserves to manage unforeseen circumstances.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD CHARLES KEAST · trustee of 4 other charities
• MARY ASPINALL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVON COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND.

• DEVON COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £94k
• THE CORNWALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED ASSOCIATION income £511k
• ISLE OF WIGHT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £321k
• Southend in Sight income £337k
• SOUTHAMPTON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £205k
• SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE BLIND SOCIETY income £191k

Side by side with its peers

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