VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT

Registered charity 211436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARROGATE AND DISTRICT (INCLUDING RIPON) SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

The Society responds to the needs of visually impaired people in the Harrogate district by providing among other things:- a centre for social activities, handicraft training, educational classes,home visiting,information about hospital eye clinics, a telephone befriending service, counselling, display of aids for the blind and outings.

Objects

TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN THE HARROGATE DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CENTRE FOR SOCIAL MEETINGS AND HANDICRAFT TRAINING FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE, ENTERTAINMENTS, TRAVEL AND HOLIDAY FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY OR OCCUPATIONAL REQUISITES TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE OR THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Area of benefit: HARROGATE DISTRICT

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 the charity reported a net deficit of £60,088 for the year, which was better than the budgeted deficit of £64,855. The trustees consider the financial affairs satisfactory and note that reserves are adequate to meet objects for many years to come, despite a decrease in net assets of £47,395. The charity is actively monitoring costs and revenues to maintain current commitments.

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 4 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vision Support Harrogate District (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT HORNERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alistair William Ratcliffe · trustee of 1 other charity
• ERIC MITCHELL
• James Alfred Grimshaw
• John Macrae Mellor
• Mary Elizabeth Kirk
• Peter Charles Jensen
• Sara Lisabeth Horbury
• Stephen John Kirk · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

• WARRINGTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE income £142k
• INFOCUS CHARITY income £10.6m
• HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE income £11.4m
• THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £228k
• THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £2.3m
• HASTINGS AND ROTHER VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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