SIGHT SUPPORT HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE

Registered charity 223668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H E R I B, HULL AND EAST RIDING INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, HULL AND EAST RIDING INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INCORPORATED

Help and support to people with sight loss

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THE BLIND RESIDENTS IN THE KINGSTON UPON HULL AND THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.

Area of benefit: YORKSHIRE (E. RIDING) HULL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~29.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Jane Rosenbergchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Massam
• CAROL WINTER
• DAVID WILLIAM LONGMAN
• Dr Ruth Butler
• Enid Adams
• HOLLIE KATE HAENEY
• Harriet Louise Hollyman
• James Houston
• Malcolm Revell
• Michael Richard O Grady
• ROBIN KENNETH RUSSELL

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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