# SIGHT CYMRU

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171471
- **Other names:** GOLWG CYMRU, GWENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, SIGHT SUPPORT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 3, 2017
- **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=1171471


## Contact

- **Address:** Sight Cymru, Bradbury House, Park Road, PONTYPOOL
- **Postcode:** NP4 6JH
- **Phone:** 01495763650
- **Email:** postman@sightcymru.org.uk
- **Website:** http://sightcymru.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN WALES WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF BEING SERIOUSLY SIGHT IMPAIRED (BLIND) OR SIGHT IMPAIRED (PARTIALLY SIGHTED)

**Activities:** Services to mitigate the impacts of sensory loss to people in Wales, including Eye Clinic support and Rehabilitation for the Vision Impaired, counselling, emotional support, befriending, activities, telephone helpline, social activities, training and a comprehensive resource centre offering advice, information and advocacy.  The charity also encourages preventative strategies to avoid blindness




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Throughout Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £558453 | £587933 | £1294922 | 21 |
| March 31, 2024 | £549335 | £533245 | £1318201 | 20 |
| March 31, 2023 | £554879 | £534134 | £1281416 | 21 |
| March 31, 2022 | £449914 | £470321 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £518073 | £462573 | £1270866 | 19 |



## Trustees

- **RHODA WILLIAMS** (Chair) — appointed July 3, 2018
- Aji Ramanujam Raghuram — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- Helen Tudball — appointed Oct. 7, 2024
- Himalee Rupesinghe — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- John Richard James Beavan — appointed July 26, 2019
- Jonathan Mudd — appointed April 1, 2021
- Matthew Thomas — appointed May 30, 2022
- Philip Stephen Evans — appointed June 17, 2021
- Prof Rachel North — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- Susan Margaret Hughes — appointed May 30, 2022