01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 17 May 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 17 May 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £0
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: HOWICK HOUSE, HOWICK PARK AVENUE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0LS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.galloways.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The objects of the CIO are: (1) To relieve the disability of visually impaired persons. (2) To provide facilities and services for the preservation of sight and to relieve the needs of persons who are visually impaired, by any means. (3) To advance education and to raise awareness of the causes and effects of sight loss. The CIO operates primarily across Lancashire and Sefton.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 17 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
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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
- 17 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 11 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- 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
- 0
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cumbria
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Sefton
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Merseyside
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lancashire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GALLOWAYS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-05-17T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- GALLOWAYS
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2026-09-10T00:00:00
- Reason
- Transfer of funds
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 221983
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 221983
- Assoc Charity Name
- ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT BLIND SOCIETY
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 May 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITY OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. (2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SIGHT AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, BY ANY MEANS.(3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SIGHT LOSS.