BUCKSVISION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 25 June 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08016572
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £671,811
Latest expenditure: £661,529
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: BucksVision, 143 Meadowcroft, AYLESBURY, Buckinghamshire, HP19 9HH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bucksvision.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To promote the better education, training, employment and welfare of blind and partially sighted people and people with sensory disabilities other than visual impairment, and generally watch over and protect the interests of such people and to prevent blindness.Operating throughout Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes; including 12 social clubs, art and craft groups, walking, bowls, and fitness.

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: 30 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £671,811
Total Gross Expenditure: £661,529

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: 15 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 15 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £543,844
Total Gross Expenditure: £594,893

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: 3 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 3 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £692,015
Total Gross Expenditure: £541,277

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: 21 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £656,072
Total Gross Expenditure: £353,672

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: 13 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 13 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £278,842
Total Gross Expenditure: £277,206

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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: 30 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £671,811
Total Gross Expenditure: £661,529
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 294496
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: 230

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: 15 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £543,844
Total Gross Expenditure: £594,893
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 294166
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: 257

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: 3 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £692,015
Total Gross Expenditure: £541,277
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 227172
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: 250

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: 21 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £656,072
Total Gross Expenditure: £353,672
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 274

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: 13 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £278,842
Total Gross Expenditure: £277,206
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 277

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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: 30 September 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 95177
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 307092
Income Investments: 22400
Income Other: 247142
Income Total Income And Endowments: 671811
Income Legacies: 29014
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £56,044
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £605,485
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 661529
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 13109
Expenditure Support Costs: 89430
Expenditure Depreciation: 4922
Gain Loss Investment: 7282
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £366,270
Assets Total Fixed: 357354
Assets Own Use: 21577
Assets Long Term Investment: 335777
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £562,448
Assets Total Liabilities: £24,938
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £894,864
Creditors One Year Total Current: 24938
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £520,151
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 411347
Funds Restricted: 483517
Funds Total: 894864
Count Employees: 16
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: 15 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 146259
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 301295
Income Investments: 10072
Income Other: 86218
Income Total Income And Endowments: 543844
Income Legacies: 37626
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £46,946
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £547,947
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 594893
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 13025
Expenditure Support Costs: 85568
Expenditure Depreciation: 31856
Gain Loss Investment: 341
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £449,929
Assets Total Fixed: 299714
Assets Own Use: 4220
Assets Long Term Investment: 295494
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £604,269
Assets Total Liabilities: £26,683
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £877,300
Creditors One Year Total Current: 26683
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £572,146
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 477649
Funds Restricted: 399651
Funds Total: 877300
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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: 3 November 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 462917
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 227172
Income Investments: 1926
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 692015
Income Legacies: 123045
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £541,277
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 541277
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 108743
Expenditure Depreciation: 2114
Gain Loss Investment: 4508
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £298,539
Assets Total Fixed: 104387
Assets Own Use: 6334
Assets Long Term Investment: 98053
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £867,917
Assets Total Liabilities: £44,296
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £928,008
Creditors One Year Total Current: 44296
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £837,074
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 596373
Funds Restricted: 331635
Funds Total: 928008
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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: 21 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 336215
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 1662
Income Other: 318195
Income Total Income And Endowments: 656072
Income Legacies: 306431
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £353,672
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 353672
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 63546
Expenditure Depreciation: 2029
Gain Loss Investment: -1558
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £406,456
Assets Total Fixed: 51993
Assets Own Use: 8448
Assets Long Term Investment: 43545
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £765,788
Assets Total Liabilities: £45,019
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £772,762
Creditors One Year Total Current: 45019
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £759,904
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 406456
Funds Restricted: 366306
Funds Total: 772762
Count Employees: 9
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Milton Keynes
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BUCKSVISION
Charity Event Order: 4
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2023-06-12T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 210332
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 210332
Assoc Charity Name: TYRINGHAM PENSION FUND FOR THE BLIND

Charity Name: BUCKSVISION
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2021-02-18T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 1059707
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1059707
Assoc Charity Name: THE WALTER HAZELL CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND

Charity Name: BUCKSVISION
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2014-09-26T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 203345
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 203345
Assoc Charity Name: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Charity Name: BUCKSVISION
Charity Event Order: 6
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-11-25T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 279092
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 279092
Assoc Charity Name: THE AYLESBURY TALKING NEWSPAPER

Charity Name: BUCKSVISION
Charity Event Order: 5
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-07-09T00:00:00
Reason: Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number: 5080388
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1169548
Assoc Charity Name: MILTON KEYNES READER SERVICE

Charity Name: BUCKSVISION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-06-25T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 MAR 2017 as amended on 17 Mar 2022
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE THE BETTER EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH SENSORY DISABILITIES OTHER THAN VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND GENERALLY TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF SUCH PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT BLINDNESS.IN THESE OBJECTS 'BLIND' SHALL INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND ARE PARTIALLY OR INTERMITTENTLY DEPRIVED OF SIGHT OR ARE THREATENED WITH BLINDNESS.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 522902
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND; BAB

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures