Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 6

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

VOCALEYES

VocalEyes works to give the best possible access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people. This is carried out either by direct delivery of live or recorded audio description, or by training, and is supported by research, monitoring and evaluation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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		£805	£831	£-26	£12	£255	£176	2.5	7	30
31/03/22		£609	£584	£24	£11	£281	£175	3.6	7	0
31/03/21		£361	£309	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£607	£603	£4	£20	£205	£111	2.2	6	32
31/03/19		£611	£564	£47	£22	£201	£112	2.4	6	36
31/03/18		£630	£574	£57	£90	£154	£71	1.5	6	0
31/03/17		£546	£535	£11	£85	£98	£47	1	6	0
31/03/16		£565	£559	£6	£20	£87	£40	0.9	6	0
31/03/15		£513	£499	£14	£78	£81	£49	1.2	4	0
31/03/14		£371	£378	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£441	£461	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£386	£378	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£368	£365	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£374	£345	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£357	£346	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£332	£335	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£351	£325	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£344	£299	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£262	£263	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£266	£316	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 27 years

https://vocaleyes.co.uk

enquiries@vocaleyes.co.uk

02073751043

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Blind people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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

DCMS	£227,929
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£99,814
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£7,700

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to VocalEyes
£7,700	10/02/2023 0	Purchase of equipment for a charity which works with blind and visually impaired people in London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to VocalEyes
£99,814	19/11/2021	#Digital8 Museum and Heritage Access 2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022 (SSO)
£227,929	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	07/02/2020	Beyond Sight 2019
John Ellerman Foundation - Core funding
£45,000	20/07/2017 36	Towards the core costs of increasing opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to experience theatres, museums, galleries and heritage sites.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to VocalEyes
£82,626	10/06/2015 36	Towards the costs of supporting museums, galleries and heritage sites to become more accessible for blind and partially-sighted people.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Vocaleyes
£12,400	09/01/2014	£12,400 for a third and final year of VocalEyes audio-description service. The award to cover costs of 5 days per month of a Programme Manager and 10 days over the year of an Audience Advocate plus project running costs.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/16 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-77

ALEXANDRA BULMER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Writer

ALEXANDRA JANE MCEWAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

ANNA AYRAPETYAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Fcsi

CHRIS LEWIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

EDWARD GREEN OBE Appointed: 2024

ERIK MATTHIES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Personal Assistant

KATHRYN HUNTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Communications

LYNETTE ALSTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive

MASUMA ALI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sight Loss Adviser

PER ANDREW REIFF-MUSGROVE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Director

REBECCA C DI CORPO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

SARAH BOUD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Fundraising Manager

STEPHEN HILTON (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

STEPHEN JAMES TAYLOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Principal Standards Executive

TIMANDRA NICHOLS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Arts Director

VICTORIA JANE HARRISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/01/1998, number: 1067245
Registered at Companies House on 21/11/1997, number: 03469264

Gift Aid

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 risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR06: 21 days late,

Main office

Thomas Pocklington Trust
3 Queen Square
WC1N 3AR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE , MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF AND INCREASING ACCESS TO AUDIO DESCRIPTION SERVICES FOR THE ARTS,

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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