# ISLE OF WIGHT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1149415
- **Other names:** Sight for Wight, Wight Sense
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 22, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1149415


## Contact

- **Address:** Isle of Wight Society for the Blind, Millbrooke HOUSE, 137 Carisbrooke Road, NEWPORT
- **Postcode:** PO30 1DD
- **Phone:** 01983522205
- **Email:** enquiries@iwsb.org.uk
- **Website:** www.iwsb.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are the support of (i) blind and partially-sighted persons and (ii) persons with other sensory loss, resident in the Isle of Wight in such ways as the Directors from time to time think fit and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing in the following ways: (a) the provision of facilities for education, recreation, training and employment; (b) the promotion of the wellbeing of such persons including the financial assistance of those in need; (c) in promoting the awareness of the needs of such persons amongst the general public.

**Activities:** The provision of facilities for education, recreation, training and employment for the blind and partially sighted; to promote the well-being of such persons including financial assistance to those in need; to promote the awareness of the needs of such persons amongst the general public.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Isle Of Wight



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £321286 | £337168 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £301288 | £319756 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £263669 | £360725 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £202285 | £173055 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £283930 | £88403 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Susan Patricia Bungey** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 8, 2013
- Alison Jane Holbrook — appointed Dec. 15, 2023
- Christopher Michael Biles — appointed March 13, 2018
- JOHN ANTHONY SPALDING — appointed Dec. 6, 2022
- John Moore — appointed Dec. 10, 2015
- Laura Gooljar — appointed Aug. 14, 2017
- Linda Wright — appointed Dec. 6, 2022
- Paul Humphries FCA — appointed Nov. 25, 2025
- Ruth Elizabeth Hollingshead — appointed Aug. 9, 2012
- Saretha Naude — appointed Dec. 15, 2023