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The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 1 inactive record, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-209617 .
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Description

The Objects for which the Association is established are to promote the health, equality and independence of blind and partially sighted people by: 1. Providing guide dogs for blind and partially sighted people.. 2. Training and educating blind and partially sighted people in the use of such guide dogs. 3. The relief, prevention and cure of vision impairment. 4. Providing such services, facilities and activities for the benefit of blind and partially sighted people as the Association shall from time to time deem fit

Also known as

  • Guide Dogs

OSCR Charity number

SC038979

Registered

Postcode

RG7 3YG

Website

guidedogs.org.uk

Latest income

£142,035,284 (on )

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

The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

GB-SC-SC038979

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Registered Office in the UK

The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

GB-SC-SC038979

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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 4 active records and 1 inactive record, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-209617 .
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 SC038979 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

GB-SC-SC038979

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
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The advancement of health
  • 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

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  • Animals AN
  • Animals AN » Dogs AN102
  • Associations AS
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Health HE
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Visual impairment HE215

The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

GB-SC-SC038979

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2007-11-23 Registered as a charity
2017-12-31 108,700,000 106,700,000
2018-12-31 117,700,000 106,300,000
2019-12-31 122,000,000 113,400,000
2020-12-31 125,900,000 111,900,000
2021-12-31 153,000,000 116,000,000
2022-12-31 142,035,284 128,280,220
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.

The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

GB-SC-SC038979

Grants received

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Received 41 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Community Fund
Partnerships England Wide
£689,045
2 years
VI Technology Hub
Jan 2024 to Dec 2026
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£10,000
2 months
Coronation Celebration event at Chester Zoo
May 2023 to Jul 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All Northern Ireland
£9,982
11 months
Activity Sessions at High Rise Lisburn for children living with sight loss.
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Matched Funding
£1,250 MCF Matched Funding
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland £1,000 Grant to Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
The National Lottery Community Fund £10,000 My Sighted Guide
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£8,408
Jun 2022
Platinum Jubilee Family Day Out at Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park
Jun 2022
BBC Children in Need
Main Grants Autumn21
£94,139
3 years
Grant to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Oct 2022 to Oct 2025
Co-operative Group £2,013 Grant to Guide Dogs Kingston
Co-operative Group £4,320 Grant to Guide Dogs Bexley

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 (4 grants) | Licence

The Guide Dogs For The Blind Association

GB-SC-SC038979

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