EASTBOURNE BLIND SOCIETY

Registered charity 219818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND IN EASTBOURNE

Advice/support for visually impaired people in Eastbourne and environs. Contract with ESCC. Close community working. Low Vision Support Worker encouraging confidence and independence. Home visiting. Wide range of social activities. Demonstration and sales of low vision aids and equipment. Vision awareness advice/training. Rehabilitation modules. Audio Books library. Volunteering opportunities.

Objects

RELIEF OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EASTBOURNE

Area of benefit: COUNTY BOROUGH OF EASTBOURNE

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 total funds increased from £3,199,584 to £3,206,899, driven by a net movement in funds of £7,315. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £2,672,072 and restricted funds of £534,827. Cash and cash equivalents decreased significantly to £3,700 as funds were transferred to fixed asset investments.

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 3 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

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN TERRY LEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLARE MARY SZANTO
• Cynthia Fiona Cain
• Gregory Szanto
• NIGEL ROYSTON GOODYEAR · trustee of 2 other charities
• PHILIP DOUGLAS PARKER

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST SUSSEX VISION CARE.

• EAST SUSSEX VISION CARE income £157k
• HASTINGS AND ROTHER VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £1.1m
• TEESSIDE AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £161k
• THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £228k
• THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £2.3m
• THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY income £410k

Side by side with its peers

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