WIGAN, LEIGH AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 220636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charity helps blind people who live in the metropolitan borough of Wigan. We hold weekly social classes in the day. We hold day trips in the summer. We also offer advice on equipment and will order when requested daily living aids .

Objects

(A) THE PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF THE BLIND (B) THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.

Area of benefit: THE AREA OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIGAN.

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 unrestricted funds increased to £743,852, supported by significant investment income of £34,604 and cash reserves of £257,245. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £16,417, indicating that total income exceeded expenditure on raising funds during the year.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Fairhurst
• JIMMY ROBERT ROBERTS
• Janice Sharratt
• KAREN BOYLAN
• Mary Gwendoline Callaghan Ms

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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