Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment Support UK

Analysis

Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment Support UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment Support UK reported income of £104k and spending of £103k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £179k to £104k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment Support UK sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Florian Limited (£104k), Healthwatch Darlington Limited (£104k) and Help4homelessveterans (£104k).