PEMBROKESHIRE BLIND SOCIETY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 10 January 1974
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £31,138
Latest expenditure: £38,191
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 5 DOUGLAS JAMES WAY, HAVERFORDWEST, SA61 2TQ

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

To promote the material mental and spiritual welfare of persons within the County of Pembrokeshire who are suffering from blindness, total or registered. It makes grants of clothing, equipment, and gifts of any kind whatsoever or otherwise to or for the benefit of such persons by arranging for them to be visited wherever they may be, and by arranging transport, trips or holidays for them.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 20 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 20 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £31,138
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,191

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: 30 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £50,713
Total Gross Expenditure: £61,011

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 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £48,032
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,911

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: 16 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £37,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £41,446

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: 28 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £25,368
Total Gross Expenditure: £60,651

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 20 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £31,138
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,191
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Count Volunteers: 17

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 30 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £50,713
Total Gross Expenditure: £61,011
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 17

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £48,032
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,911
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 17

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £37,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £41,446
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 17

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
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: 28 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £25,368
Total Gross Expenditure: £60,651
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 17

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Pembrokeshire
Welsh Ind: Yes

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: PEMBROKESHIRE BLIND SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1974-01-10T00:00:00

Charity Name: PEMBROKESHIRE BLIND SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2024-03-12T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (gi)
Assoc Organisation Number: 4020405
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1113233
Assoc Charity Name: LIZ AND JO FULLWOOD TRUST FOR THE ELDERLY BLIND

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED OF 9TH MAY 1974, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 8 AUGUST 2002.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18 NOV 2016
Charitable Objects: PROMOTING THE MATERIAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF PERSONS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BLINDNESS, TOTAL OR REGISTERED, AND IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS OF CLOTHING EQUIPMENT AND GIFTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER OR OTHERWISE TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS BY ARRANGING FOR THEM TO BE VISITED WHEREVER THEY MAY BE FROM TIME TO TIME AND BY ARRANGING TRANSPORT TRIPS OR HOLIDAYS FOR THEM. THE BENEFICIARIES MAY ALSO INCLUDE REGISTERED PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE PEMBROKESHIRE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management