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
3. VISABLY's objects are: The relief of people living with sight loss in the UK, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of equipment, services, and community-based initiatives to help alleviate associated isolation and loneliness that results from that sight loss.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £758,176 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,452,861 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 10 | 28 May 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £872,275 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618,522 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 10 | 20 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,088,633 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,683,475 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 10 | 18 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,642,407 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,550,502 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 10 | 22 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,162,116 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,472,942 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 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.visably.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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