North Wales Society for the Blind

The objects of the Charity (the ?Objects?) shall be to provide services for, and promote the welfare of the blind or partially sighted persons residing throughout Wales but primarily the administrative areas of the County Councils of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys and Wrexham

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Powys
• Conwy
• Isle of Anglesey
• Denbighshire
• Flintshire
• Wrexham
• Gwynedd

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £552,135 and spent £499,997.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 68%, from £328,544 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £552,135 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 91% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 2010, worth at least £85,450.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 17 payments to this charity worth £4,938 between 10 December 2020 and 31 July 2026.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

4 trustees run the charity.

• Andrew Richard HinchliffAppointed 22 July 2011
• Gareth edwardsAppointed 15 January 2019
• John RobertsAppointed 22 July 2011
• Mark RobertsAppointed 5 April 2014

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1143368

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

15 August 2011

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/07/2011

Company number

07693820This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.nwsb.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Gwynedd

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Gwynedd Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Gwynedd's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn