WALES COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
Charity Number: 1045841
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
WCB is the umbrella agency in Wales representing blind and partially sighted people and the clubs and societies that support them. We gather the opinions and views of people with sight loss through groups and consultation. We put their voice at the centre of what we do, reporting their views to the people who are responsible for the services that help them. We signpost people to these services.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £137,362
Total expenditure: £157,211
Total income includes £106,485 from 2 government grant(s)
People
9 Trustee(s)
5 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
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:
- Disability
Who the charity helps:
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 18 April 1995: Standard registration
- 24 July 2012: Funds received from 525768 THE CAMBRIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- SOUTHERNDOWN CARE HOME (Working name)
- VISION IN WALES (Previous name)
- WALES COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND - CYNGOR CYMREIG Y DEILLION (Previous name)
- WALES COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND - CYNGOR CYMRU I'R DEILLION (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Not 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 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 does not own and/or lease 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
9 Trustee(s)
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| JANICE D POWERS | Chair | 21 January 2013 |
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| Helen Simon | Trustee | 06 November 2023 |
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| Malcolm John Nicholas | Trustee | 06 November 2023 |
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| Michelle Wall | Trustee | 06 November 2023 |
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| Rhianwen Elen Stiff | Trustee | 25 April 2019 |
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| Brian James Hobart | Trustee | 18 August 2015 |
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| JULIE THOMAS | Trustee | 24 July 2013 |
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| BRIAN MAWBY | Trustee |
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| PETER CURTIS | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £186.59k | £160.81k | £120.07k | £128.78k | £137.36k | |
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Total expenditure | £212.58k | £147.03k | £149.47k | £149.61k | £157.21k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £139.16k | £33.02k | £106.44k | £106.53k | £106.49k |
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 |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 20 December 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 20 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 11 December 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 11 December 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 28 January 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 28 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 05 February 2021 | 5 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 05 February 2021 | 5 days late | Download Open in new window |