OSCR Scottish charity profile

National Federation of the Blind of the United Kingdom

ActiveCharity number SC040134
Registered12 December 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formOther

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040134
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
1
Postcode
WF1 1JG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

Through representation and campaigning, the Federation strives to improve aspects and quality of daily life for all blind, partially sighted and deaf-blind people, and those whose sight impairment is part of multi-disability, in the United Kingdom.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£21,993£79,780117 February 2026
31 December 2023£73,282£87,029128 November 2024
31 December 2022£58,548£96,503127 November 2023
31 December 2021£27,136£66,54315 December 2022
31 December 2020£22,283£56,216116 August 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Sir John Wilson House, 215 Kirkgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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