# THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 226227
- **Other names:** THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE BLIND, RNIB, THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [RC000500](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/RC000500)
- **Registered:** March 21, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=226227


## Contact

- **Address:** Grimaldi Building, 154A Pentonville Road, London
- **Postcode:** N1 9JE
- **Phone:** 0303 123 9999
- **Email:** helpline@rnib.org.uk
- **Website:** www.rnib.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:** RNIB is the UK&#x27;s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. Our work helps anyone with a sight problem - with braille, Talking Books, education and imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges.  We fight for equal rights for people with sight problems. Contact the Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or visit www.rnib.org.uk




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, 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, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- Isle Of Man
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Collins |  | Sept. 17, 2020 |
| Andrew Barry |  | Aug. 1, 2025 |
| Anna Tylor |  | July 29, 2020 |
| Anouschka Elliott |  | Aug. 1, 2025 |
| Deborah Womack |  | Sept. 17, 2020 |
| Elizabeth Ann Walker |  | Aug. 21, 2019 |
| Mary Elliott |  | June 14, 2024 |
| Sir James Alan Harra |  | July 7, 2025 |
| Tanya Catherine Castell MBE |  | Sept. 21, 2023 |



## Linked charities

- ABBEY FUND (226227-1)
- THE HORNSHAW ENDOWMENT (226227-10)
- REVEREND F J HACKETT ENDOWMENT (226227-11)
- DONALD AND ROSE ALDERSON BEQUEST (226227-12)
- HARRY URMSON HAYES ENDOWMENT FUND (226227-13)
- MISS A V ALLPRESS ENDOWMENT FUND (226227-14)
- MISS E W ALLEN BEQUEST (226227-15)
- THE NUFFIELD ENDOWMENT FUND (226227-16)
- MRS JESSIE ELIZABETH LAING ENDOWMENT (226227-17)
- JAMES ATTFIELD BEQUEST (226227-18)
- JOHN WADE BEQUEST (226227-19)
- THE LEO ROWE EDWARDS ENDOWMENT FUND (226227-2)
- JOHN HENRY HOWARD DAVY TRUST (226227-20)
- EMMA NYE PENSION FUND (226227-21)
- H F BAILEY BEQUEST (226227-22)
- RHODA EMMA COSSENS FUND FOR THE BLIND (226227-23)
- THE BARKER TRUST (226227-24)
- MR AND MRS EVAN MATTHEWS BEQUEST (226227-25)
- ESTHER FRANCES LEVY BEQUEST (226227-26)
- ERNEST HALLOWELL BARTON BEQUEST (226227-27)
- MR AND MRS H R GRAVES BEQUEST (226227-28)
- JOHN REA CAMPBELL ENDOWMENT FUND (226227-29)
- THE HENRIETTA VIOLET SHORT BEQUEST (226227-3)
- BETCHLEY ENDOWMENT (226227-30)
- SARAH JANE LITTLE BEQUEST (226227-31)
- MARY SHAW BEQUEST (226227-32)
- PHARE DE FRANCE ENDOWMENT (226227-33)
- BLIND SOCIAL AID SOCIETY FUND (226227-34)
- LOUIS STERNE ENDOWMENT (226227-35)
- BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN (226227-36)
- GYDE CHARITY ENDOWMENT (226227-37)
- MRS FRANCES MARSH ENDOWMENT (226227-38)
- MRS G M REES ENDOWMENT (226227-39)
- REVEREND A T DENCE ENDOWMENT (226227-4)
- COURT GRANGE FUND (226227-40)
- MISSES E AND S A SNAPE BEQUEST (226227-41)
- GEORGE COWIESON BEQUEST (226227-42)
- PENNY AND STRODE BEQUEST (226227-43)
- WINEFRED FRANCES MEREDITH DORMITORY FUND (226227-44)
- FEES ENDOWMENT FUND (226227-45)
- DANCING TIMES ENDOWMENT (226227-46)
- MISS A D SPIERS BEQUEST (226227-47)
- JAMES GILBERTSON (226227-48)
- HATSCHEK PRIZE FUND (226227-49)
- ANTHONY CLOUSTIN PARTRIDGE ENDOWMENT (226227-5)
- DEAF-BLIND HOLIDAY FUND (PROCEEDS OF SALE OF HOYLAKE HOLIDAY HOME) (226227-50)
- CHARLES DICKENS HOME FOR BLINDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS (226227-51)
- ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE CHARLES DICKENS HOME FOR BLINDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS (226227-52)
- THE NUFFIELD ENDOWMENT (226227-53)
- EAST LONDON HOME AND SCHOOL FOR BLIND ENDOWMENT (226227-54)
- ROSE GAY 1858-1931 BEQUEST (226227-55)
- HEXTALL FUND FOR BLIND LAW STUDENTS (226227-56)
- LEWIS MAULKIN KING BEQUEST (226227-57)
- A R EDWARDS GIFT (226227-58)
- MRS C J MCCARTHY BEQUEST (226227-59)
- MRS F MARKS BEQUEST (226227-6)
- LUCY ISABEL CURNIN AND HARRY RENNIE CURNIN BEQUEST (226227-60)
- MARGARET VOGAN ENDOWMENT (226227-61)
- HORNSHAW ENDOWMENT (226227-62)
- ELIZA AND JOHN FREDERICK BEQUEST (226227-63)
- MRS A M SMITH BEQUEST (226227-64)
- MR W GOLDSMITH WOODBRIDGE ENDOWMENT (226227-65)
- MRS ELIZA SHARPE (226227-66)
- WILLIAM BROWN HEXTALL BEQUEST (226227-67)
- WILLIAM BROWN HEXTALL SCHOLARSHIP (226227-68)
- MAC TIER AND COWELL PRIZE FUND (226227-69)
- JESSIE BELL AIREY COT (226227-7)
- SUNDAY LEAGUE ENDOWMENT (226227-70)
- MINNIE TRICKEY FOR THE DEAF-BLIND HOME (226227-71)
- THE GEORGE NICHOL CHARITY FOR THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND (226227-72)
- BRISTOL BLIND FUND (226227-73)
- THE TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (226227-74)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND (226227-75)
- CHARITY OF JOHN AND MARY LEIGH FOR THE BLIND (226227-76)
- MISS VAUGHAN CHAPMAN BEQUEST (226227-8)
- SIR BEACHCROFT TOWSE MEMORIAL FUND (226227-9)



