Common questions about The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association a good charity? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association scores 93 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 78% of its spending goes to charitable activities (2-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association as a registered charity (charity number 1108761). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1108761&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's charity number? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's charity number is 1108761. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's charity rating? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association scores 93 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 78% of The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's total spending went to charitable activities (2-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 22% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 23% of expenditure (2024–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association. The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association receive? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association reported £535k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-13). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association based? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's registered contact address is in Truro (TR1 2DP). It tells the regulator it operates in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, with a focus on sight & hearing.
How much is The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's money come from? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association reported £511k total income for the year ending 31 March 2026. The largest sources were donations and legacies £272k (53%), charitable activities £118k (23%), trading and fundraising events £89k (17%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £196k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association? +
The register records The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's trustees paid? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association registered as a charity? +
The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association was entered on the register on 30 March 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05357432).
How does CharityCompare score The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.