BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 15 March 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07977903
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £677,899
Latest expenditure: £836,230
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: BERKSHIRE VISION, 5 ERLEIGH ROAD, READING, RG1 5LR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.berkshirevision.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provision of information, advice, guidance, support services, leisure, social and sports activities for visually impaired people in Berkshire

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 1 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 1 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £677,899
Total Gross Expenditure: £836,230

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 19 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,425,136
Total Gross Expenditure: £760,482

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 22 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £499,236
Total Gross Expenditure: £655,623

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 16 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £424,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £607,324

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 14 October 2021
Date Accounts Received: 14 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £441,537
Total Gross Expenditure: £488,415

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £677,899
Total Gross Expenditure: £836,230
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 74005
Income From Government Grants: £34,571
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 439

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,425,136
Total Gross Expenditure: £760,482
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 61637
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 418

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 22 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £499,236
Total Gross Expenditure: £655,623
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 49257
Income From Government Grants: £3,133
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 297

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 16 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £424,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £607,324
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Grants: £88,529
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 328

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £441,537
Total Gross Expenditure: £488,415
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 5
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 72217
Income From Government Grants: £33,804
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 339

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 458531
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 164158
Income Investments: 51127
Income Other: 4083
Income Total Income And Endowments: 677899
Income Legacies: 106266
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £53,734
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £782,496
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 836230
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 217719
Expenditure Support Costs: 251503
Expenditure Depreciation: 42365
Gain Loss Investment: -40188
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 2695054
Assets Own Use: 1069186
Assets Long Term Investment: 1625868
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -72964
Assets Other Assets: £314,488
Assets Total Liabilities: £41,936
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,894,642
Creditors One Year Total Current: 41936
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £52,623
Funds Endowment: 1398732
Funds Unrestricted: 541397
Funds Restricted: 954513
Funds Total: 2894642
Count Employees: 29
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 November 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 505996
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 118772
Income Investments: 53007
Income Other: 747361
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1425136
Income Legacies: 159925
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £40,823
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £719,659
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 760482
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 210366
Expenditure Support Costs: 210366
Expenditure Depreciation: 35984
Gain Loss Investment: 114779
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 2986487
Assets Own Use: 1116780
Assets Long Term Investment: 1869707
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -86603
Assets Other Assets: £235,972
Assets Total Liabilities: £42,695
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,093,161
Creditors One Year Total Current: 42695
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £65,430
Funds Endowment: 1513127
Funds Unrestricted: 556097
Funds Restricted: 1023937
Funds Total: 3093161
Count Employees: 36
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Slough
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: West Berkshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Reading
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wokingham
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bracknell Forest
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Windsor And Maidenhead
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2012-05-03T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 202351
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 202351
Assoc Charity Name: THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY

Charity Name: BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-02-21T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 3036143
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1062433
Assoc Charity Name: READING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Charity Name: BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-03-15T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 MAR 2012 as amended on 11 Oct 2019 as amended on 23 Sept 2025
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED BY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: (1)PROVIDING FACILITIES, SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT OR LITERATURE ON CONTRACT TO, AS AGENTS FOR, OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN BERKSHIRE OR ANY ORGANISATION, INSTITUTE, BODY, TRUST OR FUND, OR ANY PERSON OR PERSONS SUPPORTING THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY. (2) PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND/ OR PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN SPECIAL NEED. (3) CO-OPERATING WITH ORGANISATIONS CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND PROVIDING NON-TECHNICAL RELIEF FROM VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. (4) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND CO-OPERATING WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO THEIR EDUCATION AND WELFARE. (5) HELPING WITH THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAYS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE. (6) SUPPLYING MATERIALS TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PASTIME WORK AND ASSISTING IN MARKETING THE ARTICLES MADE BY THEM. (7) RAISING FUNDS AND INVITING AND RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY SOURCE WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, DONATIONS AND COVENANTS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (8) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 559339
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BERKSHIRE VISION

Charity Name Id: 519642
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BCBS

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management