NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 511288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MY SIGHT NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ROYAL MIDLAND INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND

My Sight Nottinghamshire (working name for Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind) is dedicated to improving the lives of visually impaired people in Nottinghamshire. Services including; information, support, equipment, advice, befriending, peer support, arts and sport, are designed to promote confidence and independence and reduce isolation and loneliness for people living with sight loss.

Objects

RELIEVE AND CARE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND WHETHER OR NOT REGISTERED AS BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED UNDER THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 OR WHO SUFFER SUBSTANTIALLY FROM DEFECTIVE VISION OR VISUAL HANDICAP (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE,CITY AND COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £4,963 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £639,924 and total expenditure of £634,961. The trustees acknowledge that free reserves remain low relative to their policy target, noting that the organization is committed to building back reserves over the next few years to improve long-term financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Newmedica — “They support My Sight Notts through event sponsorship and fundraising, including sponsoring and taking part in our Charity Firewalk, 5K My W…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JACKY FISHERchair
• Brian Fitzpatrick
• David Cartwright
• Faye Dale
• Gemma Stapleton
• Kathryn Skill
• Malcolm Evans
• Stephen Payne

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED income £397k
• YORK BLIND & PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY income £497k
• STAFFORDSHIRE SIGHT LOSS ASSOCIATION income £119k
• SOUTHAMPTON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £205k
• THE SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £2.3m
• WILTSHIRE BLIND ASSOCIATION income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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