CARLISLE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
Charity Number: 1203340
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Provide a resource centre, social activities and support to visually impaired people in the Carlisle district and surrounding areas.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £28,233
Total expenditure: £54,895
Total income includes £1,950 from 2 government grant(s)
People
5 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:
- General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Cumbria
Governance
Registration history:
- 31 May 2023: CIO registration
- 09 December 2024: Funds received from 1010927 CARLISLE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
- CARLISLE SIGHT SUPPORT (Working name)
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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting 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
5 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Sheree Clark | Trustee | 20 November 2024 |
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| Tim Linford | Trustee | 22 October 2023 |
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| Dawn Rafferty | Trustee | 16 February 2023 |
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| COLIN GLOVER | Trustee | 16 February 2023 |
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| Lousise Townson | Trustee | 16 February 2023 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £28.23k | |
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Total expenditure | £54.90k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £1.95k |
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 | 07 January 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 07 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |