TELEPHONES FOR THE BLIND FUND
Charity Number: 255155
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The fund exists to help to provide communication devices and services for those who are registered blind or visually impaired and are on low income, enabling many blind and visually impaired people to live independently.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023
Total income: £1,249
Total expenditure: £451,359
People
4 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
No information available
Trustee payments
No information available
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 01 May 1970: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- TELEPHONES FOR THE BLIND FUND-TFTB (Working name)
- TELEPHONES FOR THE BLIND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Investment
- Risk 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
4 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Robert Gurth Hughes | Chair | 21 April 2016 |
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| Alison Evans | Trustee | 26 August 2020 |
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| Stephen Saunders | Trustee | 01 December 2017 |
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| Daniel David Brookbank | Trustee | 21 April 2016 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £19.20k | £15.13k | £23.97k | £7.25k | £1.25k | |
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Total expenditure | £26.50k | £23.07k | £56.11k | £11.14k | £451.36k | |
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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 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 December 2023 | 19 August 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 31 January 2024 | 92 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 14 October 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 09 September 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 27 August 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | Not Required |