Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

SUTTON VISION

To promote and improve the welfare of blind and partially sighted persons resident in the administrative area of the London Borough of Sutton.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£210£228£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£228£214£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£154£151£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£71£117£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£78£101£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£84£95£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£123£127£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£160£187£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£203£189£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£223£189£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£198£162£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£160£150£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£147£137£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£182£144£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£116£144£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£104£157£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£170£147£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£141£117£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£70£74£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£48£56£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.suttonvision.org.uk

info@suttonvision.org.uk

02084097166

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£368,808
Vision Foundation£149,123
The London Community Foundation£12,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£9,500
Greater London Authority£5,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,500
City Bridge Trust£2,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Vision Foundation - Community Links
£29,623 13/12/2023
The project will reduce isolation and loneliness by increasing social connection for blind and partially sighted people through one to one befriending (telephone and community based) social / interest and peer support groups by utilising the skills ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sutton Vision Social Engagement Programme
£9,992 21/04/2023
The funding will be used to provide social activities for visually impaired people in Sutton. The project aims to develop new skills and reduce isolation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 25/11/2022
Sutton Vision - Enabling and Empowering
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Sutton Vision - 01/08/22
£2,500 01/09/2022
Core Funding
Vision Foundation - Resilience Funding. Support of sight loss charities core funding or current projects affected by the COVID pandemic and asscociated economic crisis.
£5,000 09/03/2022
6
In support of sight loss organisations based and working in London. This funding supports the sight loss sector’s continued adaptation and recovery during the protracted pandemic and the current economic crisis. Open primarily to charities whose ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Sutton Vision & Partners
£5,000 01/04/2021
Capacity building funding for community-led partnerships
National Lottery Community Fund - Sutton Community Horizons Project
£349,816 29/03/2021
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The project is using funding to increase their reach to those newly diagnosed with Visual Impairment develop peer-to-peer support services and refurbish their Resource Centre. The project aims to provide a holistic support pathway for service users ....more
Vision Foundation - Recruitment of assistive technology co-ordinator.
£9,500 10/03/2021
Assistive Technology Outreach for Visually Impaired People
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Sutton Vision
£9,500 29/09/2020
To help our beneficiaries that are being forced to self-isolate and to ensure a that a new form of our outreach and social activities are developed and delivered. This will allow our vulnerable beneficiaries to continue leading an independent life.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,500 29/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid - 19 service adaptability
£9,000 22/05/2020
8
The funding will be used to deliver a remote befriending service for the visually impaired. The project aims to reduce isolation and support blind and partially sighted people during the current coronavirus pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Sutton Vision
£3,200 25/04/2020
The funding is for additional costs associated with delivering our services in this crisis. Our befriending services are being delivered remotely at additional cost. We also anticipate that the need for our services will be increased in the months ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Vision
£2,400 24/04/2020
A grant of £2,400 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Vision Foundation - Transition grant offered at end of membership structure
£90,000 11/03/2020
Transition grant offered at end of membership structure (core funding for 3 years)
Vision Foundation - Sutton Vision Horizons
£15,000 04/03/2020
To provide outreach services to reach more blind and partially sighted people in the community.
Vision Foundation - Greater London Fund for the Blind Member 2019-2020
£22,400 01/04/2019
12
Greater London Fund for the Blind, member distribution 2019-2020 (core funding)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-76
  • ANTHONY DAVID RICHMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Director
  • GRAHAM ANDREW RANDLES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • HILARY LEACOCK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • HIMANSHU RAMANBHAI PATEL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant In Business Development
  • JULIET MILGATE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • LOUISA JANE SYRETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Global Lead Strategic Partnership, British Council
  • MICHAEL DAVID PARSONS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Access And Training Consultant
  • SUSAN ANN CHRISTIE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/06/2002, number: 1092429
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/2002, number: 04388249
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 33 days late,
Main office

C/O Anthony Richman Sutton Vision
3 Robin Hood Lane
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 2SW

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT (THE OBJECT) IS TO DO ALL THINGS THAT ARE CHARITABLE (WITHIN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUTTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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