01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041582
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 10
- Postcode
- WS13 8EX
OSCR note: Previous name - British Wireless For The Blind Fund from 18/06/2010 to 19/08/2026.
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
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Fund are to provide radios, radio cassette recorders, television sound receivers and any other equipment or services which are necessary or desirable to ensure that registered blind and registered partially sighted people in the British Islands are given the opportunity to benefit from the reception of sound transmission available at any time to the population as a whole ('the Objects').
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £758,176 | £1,452,861 | 10 | 28 May 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £872,275 | £1,618,522 | 10 | 20 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,088,633 | £1,683,475 | 10 | 18 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,642,407 | £1,550,502 | 10 | 22 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,162,116 | £1,472,942 | 10 | 30 September 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
- 5 The Beech Tree, Elmhurst Business Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.blind.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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