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Kirklees Visual Impairment Network

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1160580HuddersfieldDisability
Income£316k2025-03-31
Spending£253ksame year
Spent / received81%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctDisability
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Kirklees Visual Impairment Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kirklees Visual Impairment Network reported income of £316k and spending of £253k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £129k to £316k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Kirklees Visual Impairment Network sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newport Yemeni Community Association (£316k), Pakistan Muslim Association Newcastle Central Mosque and Islamic Centre (Bilal Jamia Masjid) (£316k) and The Hereford Cathedral Almshouses Charity (£316k).

Income and spending

£0£79k£158k£237k£316k2021 Income: £129,0812021 Spending: £110,39020212022 Income: £217,4422022 Spending: £145,11020222023 Income: £219,6352023 Spending: £210,72120232024 Income: £268,3152024 Spending: £215,71320242025 Income: £316,4452025 Spending: £252,9702025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

KVIN also known as Outlookers is a sight loss organisation which supports people living with sight loss to learn to use technology to help remain independent. We have several drop-in facilities across Kirklees. We recognise the devastation that losing sight can cause. The majority of our volunteers and staff are registered blind and have lived experience to offer .

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Newport Yemeni Community AssociationGwent£316k
Pakistan Muslim Association Newcastle Central Mosque and Islamic Centre (Bilal Jamia Masjid)Newcastle Upon Tyne£316k
The Hereford Cathedral Almshouses CharityHereford£316k
Malvern Special FamiliesWorcestershire£316k