SIGHTLINE VISION (NORTH WEST) LIMITED

Charity Number: 1096452
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Sightline provides a free confidential telephone befriending service for visually impaired people (befriendees). Sightline focuses its service delivery in England and Wales. The service is delivered by a team of trained volunteers (befrienders), many of whom are themselves visually impaired. A befriendee is matched to a befriender who then have a weekly chat at a date/time that suits both parties.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £92,849
Total expenditure: £86,457

Total income includes £91,790 from 1 government contract(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

156 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 March 2003: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
04620457 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PETER ARNOLD HOWARD Chair 04 December 2015
None on record
Kara Janet Ayres Trustee 21 November 2024
None on record
Hasanga Parkinson Trustee 05 January 2024
None on record
Peter William Booth Trustee 18 August 2022
None on record
ANTHONY VICTOR KIMPTON Trustee 04 December 2015
GALLOWAY'S SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £28.03k £79.16k £89.44k £66.39k £92.85k
Total expenditure £46.34k £68.07k £81.76k £82.97k £86.46k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A £91.79k
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
Annual return 31 December 2024 19 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024

(These accounts
have been qualified)

19 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 15 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 15 March 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 05 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 05 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 14 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 14 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 17 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 17 February 2021 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 18TH DECEMBER 2002.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR SUFFER VISUAL IMPAIRMENT BY THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISION OF A TELEPHONE HELPLINE SERVICE FOR THOSE RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH SERIOUS VISUAL IMPAIRMENT.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
HOWICK HOUSE
HOWICK PARK AVENUE
PENWORTHAM
PRESTON
PR1 0LS
Phone:
0800 587 2252
Email:
info@sightline.org.uk
Website:

www.sightline.org.uk Open in new window