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HEREFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 220171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, HEREFORDSHIRE VISION LINKS

Early help-long term support for blind and partially sighted community of Herefordshire that can help the public living with sight loss.We offer a home visiting service where a volunteer offers simple practical help to a visually impaired person.A hospital information service at Hereford Eye Unit (County Hospital)Rehab and Mobility Service contract with Herefordshire Council.

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Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains a 'no-waiting' client base for its sensory services, with initial assessments and equipment issuance occurring within a short timeframe. Per the trustees' report, the organization continues remedial building refurbishments to improve safety and security, while noting that referral volumes and service demand remain strong across its various disciplines.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£145k£155k
31/03/2024£150k£155k
31/03/2023£188k£142k
31/03/2022£109k£137k
31/03/2021£179k£115k

Common questions

Is HEREFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains a 'no-waiting' client base for its sensory services, with initial assessments and equipment issuance occurring within a short timeframe. Per the trustees' report, the organization continues remedial building refurbishments to improve safety and security, while noting that referral volumes and service demand remain strong across its various disciplines.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2010£9kAdvertising Volunteer Recruitment and Training Project

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
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST3£123k
Fight for Sight2£90k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION2£73k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST2£8k
THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUST1£102k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION1£90k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES1£61k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERTS VISION LOSS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEREFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND£145k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTS VISION LOSS FY2025£453k—0unclear—no doubt
HASTINGS AND ROTHER VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£204k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND FY2025£535k—0unclear—no doubt
VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT FY2025£103k—0above—no doubt

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