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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-226227 .
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Description

Action for Blind People support blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom. This can mean helping them to find or keep a job, deal with housing issues, helping them to go on holiday, providing sports clubs for visually impaired children, and other services for visually impaired children and their families or providing vital information in the heart of communities.

Also known as

  • A N Milner Bequest
  • Action for Blind People
  • Action For Blind People
  • Action for Blind People
  • Action for Blind People North East
  • L R Warrens Bequest
  • London Association for the Blind
  • Marie Lohr Appeal
  • Rnib
  • Surrey Association for the General Welfare of the Blind
  • ...and 1 other names
  • W a Gilligan Trust Fund

CCEW Charity number

205913

Company number

00026688

Registered

Postcode

N1 9JE

Website

actionforblindpeople.org.uk

Domain

rnib.org.uk

Latest income

£3,296,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Registered Office in the UK

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 7 active records and 3 inactive records, from 7 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-226227 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 205913 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Staffordshire Blind (inactive)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-04-18

Glynn Vivian (inactive)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-04-18

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Services for people with disabilities D13

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » Families BE103
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Economic and community development EC » Unemployment EC107
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Visual impairment HE215
  • Housing HO » Accommodation HO101
  • Leisure LE » Sports LE106

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • Disability 104
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Amateur Sport 110
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • National

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1962-09-22 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 19,186,904 19,044,689
2005-03-31 19,556,370 21,617,752
2006-03-31 22,087,553 23,691,710
2007-03-31 20,011,000 21,239,000
2008-03-31 19,515,000 21,938,000
2009-03-31 17,782,000 20,496,000
2010-03-31 27,172,000 26,968,000
2011-03-31 26,980,000 24,477,000
2012-03-31 24,581,000 22,950,000
2013-03-31 21,530,000 21,778,000
2014-03-31 20,416,000 20,714,000
2015-03-31 14,124,000 18,593,000
2016-03-31 27,938,000 28,413,000
2017-03-31 22,567,000 30,580,000
2018-03-31 9,519,000 23,278,000
2019-03-31 7,323,000 7,323,000
2020-03-31 6,073,000 6,073,000
2021-03-31 5,679,000 5,679,000
2022-03-31 7,038,000 7,038,000
2023-03-31 3,296,000 3,296,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees - -
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers - -
Trustees 3
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 3,296.0 3,714.0
Legacies - 3,324.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 3,296.0 7,038.0
Income from charitable activities - -
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments - -
Other income - -
Total 3,296.0 7,038.0
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - -
Spending on raising funds - -
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 10.0 7.0
Charitable activities 10.0 7.0
Other spending 3,286.0 7,031.0
Total 3,296.0 7,038.0
Net income / (expenditure) - -

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets - -
Investment assets - -
- -
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 123.0 68.0
Other current assets 904.0 1,222.0
1,027.0 1,290.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (1,027.0) (1,290.0)
Net current assets - -
Total assets less current liabilities - -
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets - -
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds - -
Unrestricted funds - -
- -

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Grants received

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Received 132 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Essex Community Foundation
Roger and Jean Heath Charitable Fund
£1,000 Grant to RNIB
Vision Foundation
Vision Fund
£19,261
1 year
Bridging the DVA knowledge gap: a RNIB Connect Radio awareness campaign and specialist DVA CPD Training for Counsellors.
Apr 2023 to Mar 2024
The National Lottery Community Fund
Partnerships London South East Region
£455,610 Hounslow Community Eye Health
Essex Community Foundation
Roger and Jean Heath Charitable Fund
£1,000 Grant to RNIB
Vision Foundation
Vision Fund
£45,000
3 years
Employment advisor in London
Apr 2022 to Mar 2025
R S Macdonald Charitable Trust £24,000 Haggeye Youth Engagement Forum
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
UK Community Renewal Fund
£45,796 UK Community Renewal Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare
£100,000 Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
Sport England
Disability Investment
£975,097
3 years
See Sport Differently
Mar 2021 to May 2024
HM Revenue & Customs
HMRC Grant Funding Programme
£88,000 HMRC Grant Funding

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (2 grants) | Licence

Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

Services regulated by the Care Quality Commission

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Action for Blind People

GB-CHC-205913

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