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the royal society for blind children

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Activities & Mission

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND TRAINING TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AS CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED MAY REQUIRE TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES OR OTHERWISE MEET THEIR NEEDS.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£5,002,000
Latest Expenditure
£4,845,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 77.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 79.9%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 20.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £3,575,000
Charitable Activities £1,225,000
Other Trading £0
Investments £130,000
Other Income £72,000

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £3,871,000
Raising Funds £974,000
Governance £23,000
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£5,002,000£4,845,000£3,871,000£4,562,000£2,439,00081 / 142
2023£4,034,000£3,972,000£3,168,000£4,405,000£2,325,00068 / 160
2022£4,513,000£3,413,000£2,627,000£4,292,000£2,166,00054 / 120
2021£5,006,000£3,870,000£3,109,000£3,181,000£1,642,00057 / 148
2020£4,355,000£3,689,000£2,857,000£1,980,000£069 / 150

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS CENTRE
10 LOWER THAMES STREET
LONDON
EC3R 6EN
Registration Date
25 April 1963
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
307892
Charity Number
307892

Trustees

Valarie Marlene May
Patrick Plant
Peter Richard Andrew Knott
John Richard Miller
Dr Ameenat Olufunmilola Solebo
Callum Russell
Sabira Mehboob Hasham
Thomas Kelman
William Marcus Raymond Ramsay
Simon Christopher Ward
Melanie Jean Cooke
Narayan Iyer

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • RLSB
  • ROYAL LONDON SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE
  • THE ROYAL LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
  • THE ROYAL LONDON SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE
  • THE ROYAL LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND