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Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-SC-SC038110 .
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Description

' To take or promote measures for the prevention and cure of blindness in the countries and territories specified under article 4 of this our charter and for the education, rehabilitation, training and employment of the blind in those countries and territories and ' To foster collaboration among organisations concerned with blindness and its prevention and to promote and where appropriate, to participate in national, regional and international activities likely to prevent blindness and benefit the blind in any part of the world.

Also known as

  • Sightsavers

OSCR Charity number

SC038110

Registered

Postcode

RH16 3BW

Website

sightsavers.org

Latest income

£313,352,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-SC-SC038110

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-SC-SC038110

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 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-SC-SC038110 .
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-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC038110 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (this record)

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-03-21

The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-03-23

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-SC-SC038110

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

Activities (OSCR)

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The advancement of education
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

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

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  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Economic and community development EC » Unemployment EC107
  • Education ED
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Education ED » Training ED300 » Employability training ED302
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Visual impairment HE215

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-SC-SC038110

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2007-05-03 Registered as a charity
2017-12-31 321,711 321,749
2018-12-31 312,765,000 306,250,000
2019-12-31 340,877,000 332,105,000
2020-12-31 261,221,000 250,405,000
2021-12-31 236,775,000 213,622,000
2022-12-31 313,352,000 309,174,000
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.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-SC-SC038110

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Office of Scottish Charity Regulator

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