Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

ASSOCIATION OF BLIND ASIANS (LEEDS)

Activities/Services we provide-Advocacy support-Advice and information on benefits and welfare rights-Training -Assist with hospital appointments-Signposting-Form filling-Trips and outings-Health and wellbeing sessions-Reading groups -Luncheon club-Outreach work/Awareness raising -Accessible Information provision-My Guide
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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£249£183£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£151£132£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£101£84£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£147£148£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£169£157£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£159£125£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£70£53£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£66£82£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£88£85£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£99£93£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£99£78£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£74£105£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£78£57£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£42£38£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£67£62£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£52£45£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£69£75£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£56£48£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£48£50£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£57£65£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.abaleeds.org.uk

info@abaleeds.org.uk

01132103347

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£375,000
National Lottery Community Fund£141,135
Leeds Community Foundation£34,010
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Muir Court
£1,557 03/05/2024
11
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
Leeds Community Foundation - Mary Sunley House
£1,557 03/05/2024
11
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Association of Blind Asians (Leeds)
£210,000 01/02/2024
36
towards three years' continuation funding of an organisation providing an advocacy and advice service for people with visual impairments from diverse communities in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Leeds Community Foundation - Roshni - Mary Sunley Lucheon Club
£1,742 24/04/2023
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
Leeds Community Foundation - Roshni - Muir Court Luncheon Club
£1,742 24/04/2023
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Jubilee Chai (Tea)
£5,500 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to celebrate the Queens Jubilee with different types of tea from around the world. The project aims to bring people with visual impairments together reducing isolation whilst building strength and resilience within the ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Association of Blind Asians
£2,180 20/04/2022
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Association of Blind Asians
£2,180 20/04/2022
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
National Lottery Community Fund - Working with the BAME community in Leeds to prevent sight loss
£125,635 18/02/2022
The funding will help to enable more people living with visual impairments from South Asian backgrounds predominantly as well as from other Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in Leeds to be able to access support through a variety of ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Embracing life once more - a gardening project for elderly BAME individuals with visual impairments
£1,764 14/12/2021
Community gardening sessions to engage elderly BAME individuals with visual impairments within the community once more.
Leeds Community Foundation - Working with the visually impaired community to improve their lives through digital opportunities
£12,999 03/03/2021
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£8,290 27/04/2020
Grant to Association of Blind Asians
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Association of Blind Asians
£165,000 19/03/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a 1-2-1 support, advocacy and advice service for vulnerable BME individuals with visual impairment in Leeds
National Lottery Community Fund - Fair-Ride
£10,000 13/12/2019
12
The funding will help to build upon the establishment of the Fair-Ride community car scheme which offers a personalised and affordable transport scheme, supporting the over 50's population of Leeds - thereby reducing isolation and maintaining or ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Fare Ride Car Club
£4,000 21/06/2018
15
Fare Ride Car Club will allow elderly residents, with and without disabilities to access a volunteer driven community transportation service that is reliable, cost effective and effectively meets their needs.
Leeds Community Foundation - Fair Ride Car Club
£10,000 14/05/2018
11
Fair Ride Car Club; an accessible transportation scheme for older people to ensure independence and engagement through the coordination of trained volunteers and their vehicles.
National Lottery Community Fund - Roshni - The Light
£240,209 27/07/2016
35
The project will offer one to one support on eye health care, reading and translating correspondence, health checks, accompanied hospital visits and training needs assessments. It will also hold day trips, luncheon clubs, workshops on learning ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Roshni - The Light
£262,669 15/07/2010
73
This project will provide support to Asian people living in Leeds to enable them to access eye care services to avoid preventable sight loss by education, training and health promotion materials. The project will help people access diabetic ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANNETTE MORRIS Appointed: 2023
  • BALLU PATEL Appointed: 2023
  • CATHERINE MAHONEY Appointed: 2022
  • EILEEN TAYLOR Appointed: 2017
  • JANICE BROWN Appointed: 2022
  • KULDEEP BAJWA (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultation And Involvement Officer
  • SHINDI DAHRI
  • UMMER DARAZ Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/12/1994, number: 1042621
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Touchstone Support Centre
53-55 Harehills Avenue
LEEDS
LS8 4EX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE OF ASIAN ORIGIN AND / OR OTHER BME COMMUNITIES RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEEDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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