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Metro Sports And Social Club Of Vision Impaired People

Metro Blind Sports

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1158098
Status
Registered
Registered
Aug. 4, 2014
Legal form
CIO
Area of benefit
Local

Address

Address
1st Floor
3 Queen Square
LONDON
WC1N 3AR

Activities

Metro provides people with a vision impairment in the Greater London area with a range of sporting and social activities and opportunities, giving them the means to mix with sighted people with a view to improving understanding of the needs of people with sight, and to provide, where possible, some form of financial assistance to its members to enable them to participate fully in sporting events.

Objects: The Object Of The CIO Is To Relieve Blind And Partially Sighted People, Primarily Resident In Greater London, Who Are In Need, By Providing, Or Assisting In The Provision Of, Recreational Items, Services Or Facilities Calculated To Relieve The Needs Of Such Persons. In Furtherance Of This Object, The CIO Trustee Powers Shall Include, But Not Be Limited To:(1) To Provide Vision Impaired People With As Wide A Range Of Fulfilling Sport As Possible. 2) To Provide A Variety Of Social Activities And Interests. (3) To Provide The Means - Through Sporting And Social Activities - Of Mixing With Sighted Individuals With A View To Improving Understanding And The Integration Of Vision Impaired People Into The Community. (4) To Provide, Where Possible, Some Form Of Financial Assistance To Its Members To Enable Them To Participate Fully In Sometimes Costly Events. (5) To Do All Such Other Lawful Things As Shall Further The Above Object.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services
What
Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation
Who
People With Disabilities

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout London

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £222,934 £161,229
March 31, 2024 £164,673 £191,761
March 31, 2023 £130,440 £197,812
March 31, 2022 £194,785 £227,899
March 31, 2021 £271,982 £168,601

Trustees

Name Appointed
Nick Ebbeck (Chair) Nov. 29, 2019
Andrew Law July 14, 2015
Anilkumar Kanani July 12, 2022
Ben Roback Nov. 30, 2018
Lewis Rogers Nov. 20, 2023
Maja Vojnovic Aug. 5, 2024
Mark Russell July 14, 2015
Samual Edmond George Hoskin May 5, 2025
Syed Muhammad Naqi Haider Rizvi Aug. 5, 2024