# ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 205913
- **Other names:** LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, SURREY ASSOCIATION FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=205913


## Contact

- **Address:** RNIB, Grimaldi Building, 154A Pentonville Road, London
- **Postcode:** N1 9JE
- **Phone:** 0303 123 9999
- **Email:** helpline@rnib.org.uk
- **Website:** www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BETTER EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, AND GENERALLY TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT BLINDNESS

**Activities:** Action for Blind People support blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom.  This can mean helping them to find or keep a job, deal with housing issues, helping them to go on holiday, providing sports clubs for visually impaired children, and other services for visually impaired children and their families or providing vital information in the heart of communities.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5863000 | £5863000 | £0 | 0 |
| March 31, 2024 | £5892000 | £5892000 | £0 | 0 |
| March 31, 2023 | £3296000 | £3296000 | £0 | 0 |
| March 31, 2022 | £7038000 | £7038000 | £0 | 0 |
| March 31, 2021 | £5679000 | £5679000 | £0 | 0 |



## Trustees

- ANNA MARGARET TYLOR — appointed Feb. 10, 2025
- Alice Collins — appointed Dec. 1, 2022
- James Alan Harra — appointed July 12, 2025
- Mary Elliott — appointed July 12, 2025