01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 5 January 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £119,105
- Latest expenditure
- £215,898
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 7 SOUTHGATE, HALIFAX, HX1 1DL
Website recorded by the regulator: www.halifaxblindsociety.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Provide advice on specialist equipment, access to social activities, emotional support, access to technology, small grants and information services. The charity operates from a central hub with telephone and on-line support offering practical solutions and also provides a venue for people affected by sight loss to come together.
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
- 4 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £119,105
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £215,898
- 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
- 17 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £108,338
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £128,675
- Fin Period Start Date
- 5 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £163,024
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £201,873
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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
- 4 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £119,105
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £215,898
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 25
- 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
- 17 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £108,338
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £128,675
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 30
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 5 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 28 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £163,024
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £201,873
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 35
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Calderdale
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Yorkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- HALIFAX SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2024-06-05T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (incor)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 224258
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 224258
- Assoc Charity Name
- HALIFAX SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
- Charity Name
- HALIFAX SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-01-05T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- HALIFAX SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 3
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00
- Reason
- Amalgamated
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 512611
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 512611
- Assoc Charity Name
- CALDERDALE TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 05 Jan 2022
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY SIGHT LOSS IN THE CALDERDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT").
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 700891
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- Sight Support Calderdale
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures