# THE BIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 516477
- **Other names:** BRIB
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 9, 1985
- **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=516477


## Contact

- **Address:** BIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR, THE BLIND, 49 COURT OAK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B17 9TG
- **Phone:** 0121 393 4849
- **Email:** brib@focusbirmingham.org.uk
- **Website:** www.brib.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, AND TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF THE BLIND (SUCH TERM INCLUDING PERSONS WHO THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HANDICAPPED BY DEFECTIVE VISIONOR ARE THREATENED WITH BLINDNESS), EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, BY SECURING THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE BLIND IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROMTIME TO TIME DETERMINE; TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

**Activities:** The education and welfare of blind people or those people significantly handicapped by defective vision or threatened by blindness by securing the provision of assistance and support in the greater Birmingham area.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1044846 | £1079019 | £4041598 | 0 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1053111 | £1412979 | £4080483 | 0 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1066481 | £1183946 | £4226754 | 0 |
| March 31, 2022 | £903189 | £833048 | £4553762 | 0 |
| March 31, 2021 | £880895 | £1101996 | £4372882 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Matthew Roger Bullock** (Chair) — appointed July 19, 2023
- Beverley Jessop — appointed April 18, 2024
- Jane Edgerton — appointed May 31, 2022
- Marc Barnaby Reeves — appointed July 18, 2024
- Mark Jocelyn ABRAMS — appointed Oct. 17, 2024
- Mark Paul Draisey — appointed April 18, 2024
- Richard Duncan PERCIVAL — appointed Oct. 17, 2024
- Richard John Hindle — appointed Oct. 3, 2016