THE MIDDLESEX ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 207007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNET ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, BRENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, EALING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, ENFIELD ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, HARINGEY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, HARROW ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Home visits, training in IT skills, telephone advice, advice and support at hospital information desk and at resource centres generally to promote the physical mental and spiritual well being of the visual impaired in our area of operation.

Objects

3. Objects3.1 The objects (“Objects”) for which the Charity continues to be established are:-3.1.1 To assist and promote in any and every way the welfare and the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of the visually impaired in the area of operations.3.1.2 To take such steps as may from time to time be deemed expedient to promote the prevention or reduction of and the recovery from visual impairment of the visually impaired in the area of operations and for such purposes to act in conjunction with any other association or body or person or persons pursuing like objects.3.1.3 To organise, promote and/or support classes of instruction and activities of a similar nature for the instruction, benefit or welfare of the visually impaired in the area of operations.3.2 For the purposes of the Objects “the area of operations” means, but shall not be limited to, the areas of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond as they are constituted at the date of adoption of these Articles of Association.“Visually impaired” means and includes persons living in the area of operations who are blind or who suffer from defective sight whether or not they are registered as blind or with defective sight and includes those persons living in the area of operations who in addition to being visually impaired suffer from defective hearing.

Area of benefit: THE AREAS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARNET, BRENT, EALING, ENFIELD, HARINGEY, HARROW, HILLINGDON, HOUNSLOW AND RICHMOND.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a total surplus of £319,025 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £861,809 and total expenditure of £532,801. The trustees state that available unrestricted funds are £375,105, which represents 8.4 months of operating expenses, exceeding their policy target of 3 to 6 months. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 10/03/2025, 38 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00514204

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Middlesex Association for the Blind (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Hounslow and Richmond — “This year, our thanks go to the following funders: London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Hounslow and Richmond” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DE VITO, Sonia — director, appointed 09/07/2026not on trustee list
• ADADE-PREMPEH, Alma Nana Pokua Abena — director, appointed 09/07/2026on trustee list
• SHAH, Mena Tanuj — director, appointed 26/06/2025on trustee list
• THAKRAR, Joshna — director, appointed 27/06/2024on trustee list
• MCCABE, Nicholas Benedict — director, appointed 27/06/2024on trustee list
• MCGRATH, Helen — director, appointed 27/06/2024on trustee list
• LIDDELL, Nigel Martin — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
• MENNICKEN, Raphael Rene Theodore — director, appointed 22/06/2023on trustee list
• KHATTAK, Qasim Taj — director, appointed 22/06/2023on trustee list
• GOLDBERG, Rachelle — director, appointed 10/07/2021on trustee list
• MEHTA, Rashmikant Navalchand — director, appointed 18/03/2014on trustee list
• HINDOCHA, Bharat Thakarshi — director, appointed 17/04/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alma Nana Pokua Abena Adade-Prempeh
• Bharat Hindocha · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen McGrath
• Mena Tanuj Shah
• NIGEL MARTIN LIDDELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Benedict McCabe
• Qasim Khattak
• RASHMIKANT NAVALCHAND MEHTA · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rachelle Goldberg · trustee of 3 other charities
• Raphael Rene Theodore Mennicken
• Sonia De Vito

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Ealing · Enfield · Haringey · Harrow · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• RASHMIKANT NAVALCHAND MEHTA — trustee here and at THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND.

• HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND income £535k
• TEESSIDE AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £161k
• THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £2.3m
• DORSET BLIND ASSOCIATION income £1.3m
• DEVON COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £94k
• THE INTEGRATION TRUST LIMITED income £395k

Side by side with its peers

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