HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE

Registered charity 221888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HENSHAW'S SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE, HENSHAW'S SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, HENSHAW'S SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INCORPORATING THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD BLIND AID SOCIETY

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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• Henshaws Specialist College: Good (03/03/2020) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Henshaws Society for Blind People Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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