Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND

Wellbeing and emotional support, independent living aids and magnification equipment, grants, information advice and guidance, activities and services to sight impaired people in Hampshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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

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		£273	£469	£-196	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/22		£254	£429	£-175	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/03/21		£137	£382	£-246	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/03/20		£352	£428	£-76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/03/19		£196	£457	£-261	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/03/18		£483	£467	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£434	£466	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£385	£490	£-105	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£331	£504	£-173	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£512	£567	£-55	£102	£678	£0	n/a	9	0
31/03/13	*	£240	£546	£-306	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£543	£479	£64	£105	£746	£66	1.7	9	0
31/03/11	*	£371	£685	£-315	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£633	£690	£-57	£163	£922	£0	n/a	16	0
31/03/09		£558	£704	£-146	£257	£972	£0	n/a	13	0
31/03/08		£689	£794	£-105	£452	£1,796	£0	n/a	12	0
31/03/07		£290	£717	£-426	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£608	£1,063	£-456	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£858	£547	£311	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£663	£582	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.opensight.org.uk

info@opensight.org.uk

02380641244

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Hampshire, Portsmouth City, Southampton City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£9,992
Sport England	£9,800
DCMS	£5,450
Co-Operative Group	£843

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Open Sight Hampshire
£843	23/10/2021	Eye Care Health Presentations will encourage the community of local primary school children to look after their eyes from an early age, with early screening for siblings before starting school.
National Lottery Community Fund - Working Age VIP Groups
£9,992	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to continue to deliver monthly social groups for visually impaired adults in the Hampshire area. The project aims to provide opportunities for blind and partially sighted ....more The funding will be used to continue to deliver monthly social groups for visually impaired adults in the Hampshire area. The project aims to provide opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to meet make friends and share information to reduce loneliness and isolation.
Sport England - TGC CF This Visually Impaired Girl Can Try
£9,800	27/07/2021 12	This project will deliver a series of taster sessions for visually impaired women across Havant and Eastleigh.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,450	22/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - The Working Age Group (WAG) Project
£9,740	24/01/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to set up social groups in different areas within Hampshire to support adults of working age who are blind or partially sighted with a view to improving ....more The organisation will use the funding to set up social groups in different areas within Hampshire to support adults of working age who are blind or partially sighted with a view to improving community engagement, confidence and independence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Gosport Opensight Club
£2,555	19/11/2018	We want to arrange two outside trips for our older visually impaired members to boost individual and group confidence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Open Sight Fareham Club
£3,657	29/11/2017	We would like to continue providing subsidised transport to encourage more blind and partially sighted people to join our club.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-76

DR REEFAT DRABU Appointed: 2016, Occupation: General Practitioner

DR VIVIEN MARY ROBINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

PENELOPE MELVILLE-BROWN Appointed: 2023

TERRI GEORGINA HOWELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Director

DR CHRISTOPHER BRIAN VERTREES SCHULZ Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ophthalmology Registrar

DR JANE BROOKS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

HELEN HAMBLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Consultant, Other trusteeship: BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION,

MICHELLE HILDYARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Vp Customer Service

SUE CROFTS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Housewife

LYNN SIMPSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Professional, Other trusteeship: WHEATSHEAF TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/1996, number: 1055498
Registered at Companies House on 27/03/1996, number: 03178631

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; AR16: 0 days late, AR13: 103 days late, AR12: 51 days late, AR11: 35 days late, AR10: 2 days late,

Main office

25 CHURCH ROAD
EASTLEIGH
HAMPSHIRE
SO50 6BL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, SIGHT IMPAIRED AND OTHER PEOPLE, WHOSE SIGHT IS AT RISK, LIVING IN ENGLAND, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THOSE IN HAMPSHIRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH OF ENGLAND, PRIMARILY HAMPSHIRE

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