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.

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Latest income
£410k
Latest spending
£414k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£520k
Total spending
£375k
Cost of raising funds
£55k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~55.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£410k£414k
31/03/2024£263k£351k
31/03/2023£520k£375k
31/03/2022£296k£318k
31/03/2021£167k£250k

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2006£4kTransport

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY£410k0unclearno doubt
WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION FY2025£222k0aboveno doubt
THE SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£2.3m0unclearno doubt
THE BLACKPOOL FYLDE AND WYRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND FY2025£2.3m0unclearno doubt
INFOCUS CHARITY FY2025£10.6munclearno doubt
HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE FY2025£11.4mbelowno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.