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vision support barrow & district

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Vision Support Barrow & District is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Cumbria and operates in Cumbria.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The charity supports visually impaired people who live within Barrow-in-Furness and the surrounding area. The organisation provides information and advice to visually impaired people and to their families and carers, provides visually impaired people with a range of welfare support and social activities, promotes awareness of sight loss issues and supports people within a residential home.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,350,232
Latest Expenditure
£2,197,389

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 91.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 97.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 5.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £299,701
Charitable Activities £2,002,586
Other Trading £26,242
Investments £21,703
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £2,149,505
Raising Funds £47,884
Governance £67,923
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£2,350,232£2,197,389£2,149,505£3,806,886£841,00878 / 84
2024£2,445,973£2,148,261£2,103,550£3,657,801£705,23580 / 25
2023£2,187,926£1,881,158£1,839,903£3,366,690£1,520,88175 / 52
2022£2,275,865£1,977,706£1,934,435£3,081,290£588,50565 / 65
2020£1,805,768£1,511,603£1,485,361£2,789,923£363,53066 / 65

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers