THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY
Registered charity 254052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P S S, PSS, THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY LIMITED, THE SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED LIMITED, THE SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED LTD
Helping people with a visual impairment to make the best possible use of their remaining sight.
Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,652,904, which the trustees consider to be in excess of their reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reports a healthy financial position with total incoming resources of £410,089 against resources expended of £414,486, resulting in a small net outgoing for the year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three and six month's expenditure (held: £1.7m)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Partially Sighted Society (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered titlein 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)
Cost of raising funds
£55k
Reported reserves equal ~55.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
- Keith Binkschair
- Catherine Veronica Kemp
- Peter Moore
- Robyn Leigh Mackay
- Sarah Whyld
- Tosh Vadhia
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,652,904, which the trustees consider to be in excess of their reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reports a healthy financial position with total incoming resources of £410,089 against resources expended of £414,486, resulting in a small net outgoing for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.