# SUFFOLK SIGHT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1183608
- **Other names:** EAST SUFFOLK ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, EAST SUFFOLK BLIND, ESAB, IPSWICH BLIND SOCIETY, IPSWICH CARE FOR THE BLIND, WEST SUFFOLK BLIND ASSOCIATION, WEST SUFFOLK SIGHT, WEST SUFFOLK VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, WSVAB
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 29, 2019
- **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=1183608


## Contact

- **Address:** 19 TOWER STREET, IPSWICH
- **Postcode:** IP1 3BE
- **Phone:** 01473611011
- **Email:** info@suffolksight.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ACROSS SUFFOLK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING THE BEST SUPPORT AND CARE SO THAT THEY CAN LEAD RICH AND FULFILLING LIVES WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE AND BY PROMOTING THE OBJECTIVES TO ITS MEMBERS, BENEFICIARIES AND THE WIDER COMMUNITIES IN WHICH IT OPERATES.

**Activities:** To relieve the needs of the visually impaired across Suffolk for the public benefit by providing the best support and care so that they can lead rich and fulfilling lives with the highest level of independence and by promoting this objective to members, beneficiaries and the wider communities in which it operates.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £156232 | £465967 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £119953 | £374677 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £752933 | £334038 | £1754744 | 16 |
| March 31, 2022 | £579716 | £321123 | £1411061 | 17 |
| March 31, 2021 | £306736 | £310631 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Geoffrey Mark Staff MA Cantab** (Chair) — appointed May 29, 2019
- ANNE KELLY — appointed May 29, 2019
- Brigitte Carter — appointed Aug. 21, 2025
- Carolyn Allum — appointed Dec. 14, 2023
- GWEN WATTS — appointed Oct. 19, 2023
- Georgina Dawn Chambers — appointed Dec. 9, 2021
- Inderraj Hanspal — appointed Oct. 19, 2023
- MICHAEL PEAK — appointed May 29, 2019
- Neville Anthony Broadbent — appointed May 29, 2019
- STEPHEN GIDDINGS — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- STEPHEN WILLIAM JAMES HODGKISS — appointed May 29, 2019
- Sandra Walker — appointed Dec. 14, 2023