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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS RESIDENT IN HEREFORDSHIRE.

Area of benefit: HEREFORDSHIRE

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 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.

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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GLYNN BAILEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Leary
• Andy Bailey
• Debbie Baker
• Deborah Payne
• Elena Tanner
• Kevin Smith
• Robin Dunford
• TONY FORD

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HERTS VISION LOSS income £490k
• HASTINGS AND ROTHER VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £1.1m
• THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £228k
• WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND income £565k
• HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND income £535k
• VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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