# ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT BLIND SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 221983
- **Other names:** ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND AND THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS, ELVIN (East Lancashire Visual Impiared Network)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 29, 1964
- **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=221983


## Contact

- **Address:** 30-32 Bank Street, Accrington
- **Postcode:** BB5 1HP
- **Phone:** 01254233332
- **Email:** INFO@ACCRINGTONBLINDSOCIETY.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.elvinet.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN ANY MANNER THAT THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Charity supports people with sight loss across a large part of East Lancashire and offers a range of services from our refurbished Sight Advice Centre in Accrington.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED,IN PRACTICE ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £20483 | £91598 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £88719 | £97345 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £23114 | £111818 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £27161 | £84699 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £56023 | £51797 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dawn Sylmay Hewitson** (Chair) — appointed May 4, 2021
- Jonathan Peter Lilliott — appointed Oct. 27, 2022
- Peter Black — appointed Aug. 22, 2022
- Peter David Taylor — appointed Nov. 8, 2022
- Sarah Barton — appointed Nov. 8, 2022