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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Registered charity 209617, on the register since 8 November 1962. The 71st largest charity in England and Wales by income.

From the registerYear to 31 December 2025
Income£163.8m
Spending£151.7m
Surplus£12.1m
AccountsUp to date
Legal formCharitable company
Company number00291646
Years on the register63

What it says it does

The Association provides guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services to people who are blind and partially sighted. In accordance with its constitution, it provides "additional services and facilities for the relief of blind persons as the Association shall from time to time deem fit".

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Disability

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

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Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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