ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE
Registered charity 205913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, SURREY ASSOCIATION FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND · also registered in Scotland as SC040050 (OSCR)
Action for Blind People support blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom. This can mean helping them to find or keep a job, deal with housing issues, helping them to go on holiday, providing sports clubs for visually impaired children, and other services for visually impaired children and their families or providing vital information in the heart of communities.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Action for Blind People is a non-operational entity that receives donations and legacies which are subsequently gifted to its parent charity, RNIB. The charity holds no free/unrestricted reserves, as its policy is to have no need for reserves given its role in raising income for transfer. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: A gift of £5,853k was made to RNIB, the ultimate parent company.
“Included in creditors is £2,345k due to RNIB (2024: £3,023k). A gift of £5,853k was made to RNIB in accordance with the 2017 Deed of Transfer (2024: £5,882k).” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Transferred assets to another charity (29/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANNA MARGARET TYLOR
- Alice Collins · trustee of 1 other charity
- Mary Elizabeth Elliott
- Sir James Alan Harra
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Action for Blind People is a non-operational entity that receives donations and legacies which are subsequently gifted to its parent charity, RNIB. The charity holds no free/unrestricted reserves, as its policy is to have no need for reserves given its role in raising income for transfer. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.
Who funds ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE as a grant recipient include AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST.
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