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BLIND VETERANS UK

Registered charity 216227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4926620 · Wikipedia · also known as ST DUNSTAN'S · also registered in Scotland as SC039411 (OSCR)

We help blind or vision impaired men and women who have served in the UK Armed Forces, and who meet our criteria, by giving the emotional and practical support they require to overcome the challenges they face to discover a life beyond blindness. All blind veterans should have access to the finest quality of services to help them discover life beyond sight loss.

Objects

4.1 To provide for the medical or surgical treatment, re-education, training in one or more trade or trades, settlement and permanent welfare of:-4.1.1 Members or former members of the armed forces both men and women blinded from whatever cause whether or not connected in any way with service in the armed forces; 4.1.2 Other persons both men and women not being members or former members of the armed forces who are blinded in or as a consequence of any war or warlike operations in which the forces of the Crown may be at any time engaged or any service connected with or subsidiary to such war or warlike operations or by or as a consequence of enemy action in the course of any such war or warlike operations; and4.1.3 Other persons both men and women not being members or former members of the UK armed forces who are blinded in or as a consequence of any war or warlike operations or terrorist activity(all such persons being hereinafter referred to as ‘Beneficiaries’)and so that for the purposes of these Articles the word ‘blinded’ shall extend to all cases in which the sight has been so impaired that special care and training are required and all cases in which the sight is endangered so long as the cause of the danger continues. 4.2 To provide allowances or other assistance for any wife, widow, husband, widower, child or dependent of a Beneficiary who may be in need of assistance or any person who shall have kept house for or nursed or otherwise rendered exceptional service to or have been dependent upon a Beneficiary any may after the death of such Beneficiary be in need of assistance.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£27.8m
Latest spending
£42.0m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £29.8 million, while total expenditure was £36.3 million, resulting in a net operating deficit. The charity is in the process of developing a reserves policy to address this deficit, with a target to deliver a balanced budget by 2028.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,001 - £130,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“Employee received emoluments within the band £120,001 to £130,000 2” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 22
“Employees received emoluments within the band £60,001 to £70,000 7” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Four Seasons NWMC Housing Limited
“Four Seasons NWMC Housing Ltd has a balance of £13,191 due to Blind Veterans UK” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Reported one serious incident to the Charity Commission related to a data breach of the unauthorised disclosure of personal data.
“Over the past 12 months, we reported one serious incident to the Charity Commission which related to a data breach of the unauthorised disclosure of personal data.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Four Seasons NWMC Housing Limited
“Blind Veterans UK has one subsidiary company: Four Seasons NWMC Housing Limited”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 942
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 22 (£60,001–£70,000: 9; £70,001–£80,000: 6; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1,048
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 22 (£60,001–£70,000: 7; £70,001–£80,000: 6; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £120,001–£130,000: 2)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1,006
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 18 (£60,001–£70,000: 8; £70,001–£80,000: 6; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 2)

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

FOUR SEASONS NWMC HOUSING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £130k
  • Profit before tax: £10k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £10k
  • There is a creditor balance of £29,183 due to the parent charity, Blind Veterans UK, as disclosed in Note 6.
“The company donates its taxable profits to Blind Veterans UK.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blind Veterans UK (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

90 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (76 freehold); recorded price paid £17.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Blind Veterans UK — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 14/11/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustpilot: Blind Veterans UK scores 3.4/5 from 3 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (109,488 followers) · instagram (5,348 followers)

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

Total income
£27.8m
Total spending
£42.0m
Cost of raising funds
£5.3m
Reserves (reported)
£42.0m
Employees
400

Reported reserves equal ~12.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£27.8m£42.0m
31/03/2024£29.8m£36.3m
31/03/2023£38.0m£35.0m
31/03/2022£28.8m£32.0m
31/03/2021£27.5m£33.1m

Common questions

Is BLIND VETERANS UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £29.8 million, while total expenditure was £36.3 million, resulting in a net operating deficit. The charity is in the process of developing a reserves policy to address this deficit, with a target to deliver a balanced budget by 2028. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BLIND VETERANS UK earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,001 - £130,000 band, and 22 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BLIND VETERANS UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLIND VETERANS UK as a grant recipient include THE BAND TRUST, THE VIOLET TRUST, THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST, SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAND TRUSTFY2023£120kVeterans
THE VIOLET TRUSTFY2025£100k
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2024Unverified read£42k
THE BAND TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£40kArmy and Veterans
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£28k
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£23k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£10kDisability
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUSTFY2022£10kCOVID emergency fund (continued)
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kone off donation due to loss of incoming donations during the covid pandemic
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£10k
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE DU BROW CHARITYFY2023£10k
PAYNE GALLWEY 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2021£6kHealth
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£5kSection 2(f)
THE DU BROW CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026Unverified read£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£5k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£5kSection 2 f Charitable Organisations
THE LEONARD CHAMBERLAIN TRUSTFY2025£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4kGrant paid or payable
THE CATHERINE AND ANGUS WOOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£4k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£4kThe advancement of health or saving of lives
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£3kThe advancement of health or saving of lives
THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2022£3kArmed Forces
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£3kMedical

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2025£20kNational Creative Project
UK government03/09/2021£50kCovenant Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund07/08/2019£10kLunch clubs for blind veterans
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/03/2019£8k"Bringing Stories to Life"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/07/2014£10kReaching Blind Veterans via Healthcare Professionals and Carers
UK government—£100kSupporting delivery of a public service
UK government—£106kSupporting delivery of a public service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST3£198k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST3£9k
Army Benevolent Fund2£781k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION2£550k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND2£362k
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY2£193k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION2£90k
THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION2£10k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLIND VETERANS UK£27.8m£120,001 - £130,00022unclear—no doubt
SUPPORTING WOUNDED VETERANS LTD. FY2026£1.3m——below—no doubt
ROYAL BRITISH VETERANS ENTERPRISE LTD. FY2025£24.4m—13below—no doubt
THE VETERANS' FOUNDATION FY2025£17.3m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
CARE FOR VETERANS FY2024£5.9m——unclear—no doubt
VETERANS AID FY2025£2.2m£90,000 - £99,9994unclear—no doubt

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