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2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 April 2024 To 31 March 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Huntingdonshire Society for the Blind

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 202573

Hunts Blind & Vision Impaired

Charity's principal address

8 St Marys Steet Huntingdon

Postcode PE29 3PE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
N Ruston Chair
F Tarpey Treasurer
B Yare President
D Fletcher
N Morgan
H Murphy
F Mizuro Appointed 29/4/2024
E Corden Appointed 10/2/2025
E Davis Appointed 10/2/2025
H Sandell Appointed 27/2/2025
A Richardson Resigned July2024
A M White-Horan Resigned 16/9/2024
F Newton Resigned 4/2/2025
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

TAR

December 2025

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Unincorporated association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Potential trustees are invited to submit applications to the Board for Trustee selection methods consideration. There are no constitutional provisions for election to (eg. appointed by, elected by) post of for any body to appoint one or more trustees. Trustees are appointed by the Board following interview and receipt of satisfactory references and DBS check.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

TAR

December 2025

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The charity acts for the general benefit of blind and partially sighted persons Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Huntingdonshire Society for the Blind has provided support to the Huntingdonshire community since 1922 offering a lifetime of support for people who are blind or partially sighted. The Society provides a wide range of services to 650+ members and their carers to meet a variety of needs including free information, advice and support. Services include

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

TAR

December 2025

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Section D Achievements and performance

TAR

December 2025

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Section D Achievements and performance

Over the past year, the Society has supported a growing community of Summary of the main nearly 700 people with sight loss, providing timely help, reducing achievements of the charity isolation, and enabling members to stay active and connected through during the year clubs, outreach, and new wellbeing activities such as chair yoga. Despite rising demand and county-wide volunteer shortages, our dedicated team and 67 volunteers ensured continued access to transport, friendship, and practical support. Modernised systems and a new monthly e-newsletter improved communication and efficiency, while the refurbished shop created a brighter, more accessible space for members and the public. Our members also helped shape a shortlisted inclusivity project with the Norris Museum, strengthening awareness and understanding of sight loss locally. Successful grant fundraising, including support from the People’s Postcode Lottery, has helped sustain and expand these benefits at a time of growing financial pressures, ensuring we continue to make a positive difference for individuals and the wider community.

Section E Financial review

TAR

December 2025

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Trustees aim to hold a minimum of £80,000 in free reserves, representing around six months of fixed operating costs after taking investment income into account. This level, set with reference to Charity Commission guidance on maintaining appropriate reserves, is considered sufficient to ensure service continuity and provide financial resilience. While the Society’s long-term investment portfolio is not classified as reserves, it generates reliable unrestricted income that supports day-today operations and strengthens financial stability. The reserves policy is reviewed annually to ensure it remains appropriate

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Fiona Tarpey

Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc)

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December 2025

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Date 1511212025 TAR December 2025

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2025 2024/2025 2023/24

Income Resources
Donations and legacies
Grant Income
Other Income
Other trading activities
Fund Raising
Property Rental Income
Charitable Activities
Investment income
Resources Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds
Blind Aids
Fund Raising Expenses
Charitable Activities Expenses
Net Income Available for
Charitable Application
Large/Special Donations/Exp
Payroll
Support Costs
Net Income/(Expenditure)
Sundry Creditor Adjustment
Net Movement in Funds
Funds Brought Forward
Funds Carried Forward		 Unrestricted Funds Unrestricted Funds
Total
Total
£
£
20,084.72
24,964.55
62,422.00
33,000.00
1,335.88
3,686.21
23,764.52
21,166.34
12,054.89
11,698.27
8,408.50
8,020.00
18,050.70
16,400.39
57,423.72
55,984.04
203,544.93
174,919.80
20,192.92
20,315.67
5,820.78
6,163.73
2,532.64
1,041.53
9,204.65
8,082.84
37,750.99
35,603.77
165,793.94
139,316.03
0.00
0.00
138,231.18
118,264.08
17,835.05
19,683.72
193,817.22
173,551.57
9,727.71
1,368.23
-95,729.66
170,544.30
-106,660.56
147,871.52
2,565,745.82
2,417,874.30
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

2024/25

2023/24

FIXED ASSETS
Land & Buildings (as at October 2022)
390,000.00
390,000.00
Office, Shop premises
Investments
CCLA Charirty Fund Holdings
1,958,907.00
2,054,636.66
2,348,907.00
2,444,636.66
CURRENT ASSETS
Stock
5,591.70
5,272.81
Debtors - General
11,085.13
10,890.00
Cash
National Savings Account
0.00
31,591.12
Barclays Current Account
4,957.31
31,821.85
CAF Current Account
20,397.99
15,822.03
CAF Gold Account
70,813.88
27,776.80
CAF Business Card Account
500.00
528.60
Petty Cash
382.40
97,051.58
509.03
108,049.43
NET CURRENT ASSETS
113,728.41
124,212.24
LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
Audit Fee
1,830.00
1,830.00
General
1,720.15
3,550.15
1,273.08
3,103.08
110,178.26
121,109.16
TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82
CAPITAL & RESERVES
Retained Earnings
147,871.52
0.00
Net Income
-106,660.56
147,871.52
Operating Balance Equity
2,417,874.30
2,417,874.30
TOTAL FOR CAPITAL & RESERVES
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82		 FIXED ASSETS
Land & Buildings (as at October 2022)
390,000.00
390,000.00
Office, Shop premises
Investments
CCLA Charirty Fund Holdings
1,958,907.00
2,054,636.66
2,348,907.00
2,444,636.66
CURRENT ASSETS
Stock
5,591.70
5,272.81
Debtors - General
11,085.13
10,890.00
Cash
National Savings Account
0.00
31,591.12
Barclays Current Account
4,957.31
31,821.85
CAF Current Account
20,397.99
15,822.03
CAF Gold Account
70,813.88
27,776.80
CAF Business Card Account
500.00
528.60
Petty Cash
382.40
97,051.58
509.03
108,049.43
NET CURRENT ASSETS
113,728.41
124,212.24
LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
Audit Fee
1,830.00
1,830.00
General
1,720.15
3,550.15
1,273.08
3,103.08
110,178.26
121,109.16
TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82
CAPITAL & RESERVES
Retained Earnings
147,871.52
0.00
Net Income
-106,660.56
147,871.52
Operating Balance Equity
2,417,874.30
2,417,874.30
TOTAL FOR CAPITAL & RESERVES
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82		 FIXED ASSETS
Land & Buildings (as at October 2022)
390,000.00
390,000.00
Office, Shop premises
Investments
CCLA Charirty Fund Holdings
1,958,907.00
2,054,636.66
2,348,907.00
2,444,636.66
CURRENT ASSETS
Stock
5,591.70
5,272.81
Debtors - General
11,085.13
10,890.00
Cash
National Savings Account
0.00
31,591.12
Barclays Current Account
4,957.31
31,821.85
CAF Current Account
20,397.99
15,822.03
CAF Gold Account
70,813.88
27,776.80
CAF Business Card Account
500.00
528.60
Petty Cash
382.40
97,051.58
509.03
108,049.43
NET CURRENT ASSETS
113,728.41
124,212.24
LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
Audit Fee
1,830.00
1,830.00
General
1,720.15
3,550.15
1,273.08
3,103.08
110,178.26
121,109.16
TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82
CAPITAL & RESERVES
Retained Earnings
147,871.52
0.00
Net Income
-106,660.56
147,871.52
Operating Balance Equity
2,417,874.30
2,417,874.30
TOTAL FOR CAPITAL & RESERVES
2,459,085.26
2,565,745.82
110,178.26 121,109.16
2,459,085.26
147,871.52
-106,660.56
2,417,874.30		 2,565,745.82
0.00
147,871.52
2,417,874.30
2,459,085.26 2,565,745.82

Profit & Loss Account as at 31 March 2025

2024/2025 2023/2024
Income
Donations 19,084.77 24,964.55
Legacy Donations 1,000.00 20,084.77 24,964.55
Charitable Activities
Shop Income 15,976.63 15,167.31
Blind Aid Sales 7,787.89 5,999.03
Club Income 13,774.70 13,381.39
Club Transport Income 4,276.00 3,019.00
Rental Income 8,408.50 8,020.00
Grant Income 62,422.00 33,000.00
Total for Charitable Activities 112,645.72 78,586.73
Fund Raising Income 12,054.89 11,698.27
Investment and Dividend Income 57,423.72 55,984.04
Other Income 1,335.86 3,686.21
Total Income 203,544.96 174,919.80
Direct Costs
Blind Aid Purchases 5,820.78 6,163.73
Club Expenses 9,724.65 8,082.84
Fund Raising Expenditure 2,532.64 1,041.53
Shop Stock 1,800.17 792.56
Property Management Fee 780.37 561.12
Total for Direct Costs 20,658.61 16,641.78
Gross Profit 182,886.35 158,278.02
Expenses
Transport, Mileage, Parking etc 15,540.58 12,912.76
Cost of running the office
Equipment purchase 983.71 1,429.13
Insurances - Property & Employers 4,844.20 4,761.09
Audit & Accountancy 2,438.40 1,830.00
Property Rates 124.75 353.25
Office/General Administrative Expenditures 3,624.07 5,492.81
Printing Postage & Stationery 3,923.11 5,491.46
Bank Charges 1,428.62 975.78
Repair and maintenance 4,835.39 12,748.78
Utilities & Water 3,319.70 2,101.48
Training and Development 245.00 352.00
Staff Welfare 210.45 107.70
Staff and Volunteer Recruitment 278.50 986.56
Subscriptions 281.00 110.00
Telephone/Internet 9,060.83 5,634.69
Website 4,447.73
Total for Cost of running the office 40,045.46 42,374.73
Payroll costs 138,231.18 118,264.08
Total Expenditure 193,817.22 173,551.57
Net Operating Income 9,727.74 1,368.23
Other Expenses 0.00 7,399.23
Total for Other Expenses 0.00 7,399.23
Net Income 9,727.74 -6,031.00

Notes to the Accounts

1) These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014

2) The Finance Report for the AGM contains an analysis of the Annual Accounts and therefore forms part of these accounts 3) The introduction of accounting software has meant a slightly amended layout to the previous year's figures to allow for comparison. 4) All funds are considered unrestricted as per the Charity Commission's definition of restricted and unrestricted funds. 5) No trustee have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits for the reporting period

15 Station Road St Ives Cambridgeshire PE27 5BH

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

We have audited the financial statements of Huntingdon Society for the Blind for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Opinion on financial statements

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRCʼs Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Charity and environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the Charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 144* of the Charities Act 2011 and the regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Peter Matthew Barlow (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Thomas Quinn Statutory Auditors

Dated: ……09 September 2025……………………