THE MIDDLESEX ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Charity number: 207007
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Home visits, training in IT skills, telephone advice, advice and support at hospital information desk and at resource centres generally to promote the physical mental and spiritual well being of the visual impaired in our area of operation.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income:
£861,809

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Donations and legacies £716.46k
Charitable activities £109.87k
Other trading activities £25.08k
Investments £10.41k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£532,801

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Raising funds £12.82k
Charitable activities £519.99k
Other £0

-£10,348 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £82,319 from 3 government contract(s) and £12,100 from 1 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £12.82k
Charitable expenditure £519.99k
Retained for future use £329.01k

People

19 Employee(s)

12 Trustee(s)

140 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Barnet
  • Brent
  • Ealing
  • Enfield
  • Haringey
  • Harrow
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Richmond Upon Thames

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 December 1964: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BARNET ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • BRENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • EALING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • ENFIELD ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • HARINGEY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • HARROW ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • HILLINGDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • HOUNSLOW ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
  • M A B - MIDSIGHT (Working name)
  • RICHMOND ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mena Tanuj Shah Trustee 26 June 2025
None on record
Jennifer Elizabeth Yoe Trustee 19 December 2024
None on record
Joshna Thakrar Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
Nicholas Benedict McCabe Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
Helen McGrath Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
NIGEL MARTIN LIDDELL Trustee 28 March 2024
THE MAYHEW HOME
Received: On time
Raphael Rene Theodore Mennicken Trustee 22 June 2023
None on record
Qasim Khattak Trustee 22 June 2023
None on record
Rachelle Goldberg Trustee 10 July 2021
UK Friends of Herzog Hospital
Received: On time
HARROW FOODBANK
Received: 45 days late
MILL HILL MUSIC CLUB
Received: On time
Jagdish Shingadia Trustee 01 March 2021
None on record
RASHMIKANT NAVALCHAND MEHTA Trustee 18 March 2014
Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
Received: On time
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST
Received: On time
THE TALKING NEWSPAPER OF HARROW
Received: On time
Bharat Hindocha Trustee 30 January 2013
LONDON GOLDERS GREEN LIONS CLUB (CIO)
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £398.03k £379.60k £492.92k £438.97k £861.81k
Total expenditure £354.10k £377.34k £480.37k £550.70k £532.80k
Income from government contracts £86.99k £83.25k £123.54k £75.10k £82.32k
Income from government grants £13.20k N/A N/A £12.10k £12.10k
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A N/A N/A £716.46k
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A N/A N/A £25.08k
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A N/A £109.87k
Income - Endowments N/A N/A N/A N/A £120.00k
Income - Investment N/A N/A N/A N/A £10.41k
Income - Other N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Income - Legacies N/A N/A N/A N/A £227.69k
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A N/A £519.99k
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A N/A £12.82k
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A N/A N/A £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Own use assets N/A N/A N/A N/A £141.74k
Long-term investments N/A N/A N/A N/A £407.01k
Other assets N/A N/A N/A N/A £313.20k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Total liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A £73.79k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 11 August 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 11 August 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 10 March 2025 38 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 10 March 2025 38 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 27 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 27 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 16 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 16 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 27 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 27 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 13 DECEMBER 1952 AS AMENDED ON 18 NOVEMBER 1964, 19 SEPTEMBER 2001, 12 OCTOBER 2005, 26 JUNE 2007 AND 4 DECEMBER 2007. as amended on 21 Sep 2022 as amended on 12 Jul 2025

Charitable objects

3. Objects 3.1 The objects (“Objects”) for which the Charity continues to be established are:- 3.1.1 To assist and promote in any and every way the welfare and the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of the visually impaired in the area of operations. 3.1.2 To take such steps as may from time to time be deemed expedient to promote the prevention or reduction of and the recovery from visual impairment of the visually impaired in the area of operations and for such purposes to act in conjunction with any other association or body or person or persons pursuing like objects. 3.1.3 To organise, promote and/or support classes of instruction and activities of a similar nature for the instruction, benefit or welfare of the visually impaired in the area of operations. 3.2 For the purposes of the Objects “the area of operations” means, but shall not be limited to, the areas of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond as they are constituted at the date of adoption of these Articles of Association. “Visually impaired” means and includes persons living in the area of operations who are blind or who suffer from defective sight whether or not they are registered as blind or with defective sight and includes those persons living in the area of operations who in addition to being visually impaired suffer from defective hearing.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE AREAS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARNET, BRENT, EALING, ENFIELD, HARINGEY, HARROW, HILLINGDON, HOUNSLOW AND RICHMOND.

Contact information

Address:
Middlesex Association for the Blind
Unit 18
Freetrade House
Lowther Road
STANMORE
HA7 1EP
Phone:
02084235141
Email:
info@aftb.org.uk
Website:

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