East Sussex Vision Support

Registered charity 209535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST SUSSEX ASSOCIATION OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, THE EAST SUSSEX ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

SUPPORTING LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED, AND THEIR CARERS, TO RETAIN OR REGAIN INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, SKILLS TRAINING AND BY PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION, ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX AND THE UNITARY AUTHORITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£360k
Latest spending
£434k
Registered
1962

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£509k
Total spending
£495k
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£126k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£360k£434k
31/03/2024£374k£489k
31/03/2023£509k£495k
31/03/2022£409k£403k
31/03/2021£415k£284k

Common questions

Who funds East Sussex Vision Support?

Funders whose own accounts filings name East Sussex Vision Support as a grant recipient include THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE INMAN CHARITY, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUSTFY2023£14kGet Set Progress Internship programme
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUSTFY2024£7kRegular grants programme
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2024£4kSocial - Deaf and Blind
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kHealth
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kHealth
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kGarden House Hospice
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£700Social Welfare
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£210Health
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£0Health

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/06/2026£19kCommunity Engagement Service
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2024£20kIT Support Service
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2022£10kTelephone Helpline
The National Lottery Community Fund09/07/2021£10kPost Covid Outreach Vehicle restart
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2020£339kHigher Intervention Worker
UK government03/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2019£10kThe Outreach Vehicle Service
The National Lottery Community Fund26/07/2018£10kThe Outreach Vehicle Service (OV) has been specifically designed
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2014£10kModern Technology Available to all
The National Lottery Community Fund15/06/2011£221kChanging Lives, Changing Attitudes
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2010£9kReaching Communities and Decision Makers
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2007£5kVolunteering with and by Visually Impaired People
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2005£162kRemoving Barriers for Visually Impaired People & their Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2005£5kAwareness Raising