BLINDAID
Registered charity 262119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as METROPOLITAN SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £184,360 for the year, relying on investment gains and reserves to cover the deficit. The trustees report that free reserves excluding designated funds are nil, with a stated policy to maintain a cash buffer of 12-24 months of required expenditure due to reliance on volatile investments. The charity is actively seeking external funding from local authorities to sustain its core services, having secured commitments from 10 of 12 boroughs.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The free reserves as at the year-end that have not already been designated towards the core service is nil.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2022) → 0 (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BlindAid (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)
Cost of raising funds
£57k
Reported reserves equal ~35.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Trustees
- Ajay Rawalchair
- Alison Jane Gordon
- Dimitra Spyridonidou
- John Winston Felix Small
- Rachel Holdsworth
- Sarah Coften
- Thomas Abrahart
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BLINDAID financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £184,360 for the year, relying on investment gains and reserves to cover the deficit. The trustees report that free reserves excluding designated funds are nil, with a stated policy to maintain a cash buffer of 12-24 months of required expenditure due to reliance on volatile investments. The charity is actively seeking external funding from local authorities to sustain its core services, having secured commitments from 10 of 12 boroughs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BLINDAID?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BLINDAID as a grant recipient include Fight for Sight, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, SOUTHWARK CHARITIES, BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
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.
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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLIND VETERANS UK.