Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
      • Grant maker support: +1
      Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

      MERTHYR TYDFIL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND 

      Provides training, development, support and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, as well as those that are disadvantaged, economically inactive or unemployed.
      Analysis by Giving is Great

      Positives:

      • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
      • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

      Financial Data ?

      Income & Spending ?
      Sources of Income ?
      Y/E Income
      £k
      Spending
      £k
      Surplus/
      Deficit
      Fundraising
      Cost £k
      Total
      Funds £k
      Unrestricted
      Funds £k
      Mths
      Rsrvs
      Staff Volun-
      teers
      31/03/23£2,042£2,055£-13£0£2,970£2,09012.2591
      31/03/22£1,818£1,838£-20£0£2,984£2,06213.5621
      31/03/21£1,629£1,647£-17£0£3,003£2,08615.2660
      31/03/20£1,485£1,543£-58£0£3,017£2,06616.1631
      31/03/19£1,469£1,578£-109£0£3,075£2,10516742
      31/03/18£1,825£1,781£43£0£3,183£2,18814.7810
      31/03/17£1,782£1,719£63£0£3,139£2,11014.7800
      31/03/16£1,567£1,538£29£0£3,074£2,02215.8770
      31/03/15£1,731£1,662£68£9£3,045£1,96414.2810
      31/03/14£1,583£1,524£59£8£2,976£1,85914.6710
      31/03/13*£1,431£1,539£-107£8£2,916£1,78213.9500
      31/03/12£1,386£1,473£-88£9£3,022£1,86215.2500
      31/03/11£1,674£1,763£-89£10£3,109£1,90813560
      31/03/10£2,080£2,009£71£14£3,198£1,93211.5560
      31/03/09£2,171£2,029£142£10£3,089£1,76210.4580
      31/03/08£2,121£2,075£46£12£2,950£1,6029.3610
      31/03/07£2,022£1,962£60£17£2,905£1,4438.8630
      31/03/06£3,014£1,831£1,183£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/05£1,770£1,534£237£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/04£1,655£1,526£128£0£0£0n/a00

      Financial Ratios
      Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
      Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
      Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
      Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
      Liabilities/Assets: 11%
      Liabilities/Income: 17%
      Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
      Reserves/Spending: 12.2 months
      Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
      Quick Ratio: 0.9
      Asset Split ?
      Established: 32 years

      www.mtib.co.uk

      info@mtib.co.uk

      01685370072

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      UN SDGs
      ?
      Listed activities
      • Disability
      • Economic/Community Development/Employment
      • Education/Training
      • Other Charitable Purposes
      GiG Classification
      • Services for people with disabilities
      How it operates
      • Other charitable activities
      • Provides advocacy/advice/information
      • Provides services
      Where it operates
      • Throughout Wales,
      Who it helps
      • Other Defined Groups
      • People With Disabilities
      Who works here?
      • 59 employees
      • 1 volunteer

      Who's supporting them? ?

      Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

      Specific Donations
      Amount When
      Months
      To be used for
      Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
      £36,986 01/04/2018
      Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
      Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
      £13,595 01/04/2018
      Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
      Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
      £49,648 01/04/2017
      Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
      Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
      £50,530 01/04/2017
      Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment

      Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

      How is it governed?

      Trustees (7)
      Current Trustees appointed
      Gender Split

      Age Range of Trustees: 53-83
      • ALAN BUSH Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Managing Director
      • ALAN GUNTER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
      Legal constitution
      • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1992, number: 1007270
      • Registered at Companies House on 31/10/1991, number: 02659355
      Gift Aid
      • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
      Other Regulators
      • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
      Policies in force
      • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
      • Complaints handling
      • Complaints policy and procedures
      • Conflicting interests
      • Financial reserves policy and procedures
      • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
      • Internal risk management policy and procedures
      • Investing charity funds 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
      • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
      • Volunteer management
      Filing Record
      20 returns made; AR13: 1 days late,
      Main office

      The Merthyr Tydfil Institute For The Blind
      Unit 4
      Triangle Business Park
      Pentrebach
      MERTHYR TYDFIL
      Mid Glam

      Objectives

      THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED OR WHO OTHERWISE SUFFER FROM DEFECTIVE VISION AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF MID GLAMORGAN.

      Defined Area of Benefit:

      MID GLAMORGAN

      Data Sources

      Charity Commission for England and Wales
      360 Giving
      CharityBase
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