Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

VISOR (VISUALLY IMPAIRED SOCIETY OF RICHMOND)

We organise several outings each year for our visually-impaired members, hold monthly social evenings, with talks and quizzes, and arrange regular hydrotherapy sessions for interested members. We run an advice line & offer support to our members as well as a drop-in information service at our offices.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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		£21	£24	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£12	£18	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£2	£3	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£22	£15	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£16	£16	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£14	£10	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/17		£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/16	*	£16	£19	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/15		£17	£10	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/14	*	£12	£10	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/13	*	£4	£6	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/12		£11	£8	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/11		£9	£11	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/10	*	£22	£14	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/09		£10	£11	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/08		£8	£5	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£3	£5	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/06		£3	£4	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/05		£8	£3	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£1	£5	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.visor.org.uk

visor.daac@yahoo.co.uk

020 8487 5301

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Recreation

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, Wandsworth,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To VISOR
£1,000	06/06/2023 12	Supporting monthly events and regular outings for local people with visual impairments.
National Lottery Community Fund - Out of the Dark
£3,700	17/09/2021	The funding will be used to arrange special events with afternoon tea to encourage the visually impaired members of the community to re-enter society and become used to socializing again in a safe environment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Visually Impaired Society of Richmond (V.I.S.O.R)
£3,752	15/11/2019	We want to upgrade our IT equipment and make it more accessible for our visually impaired volunteers to contact members.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

ALWYN WALES Appointed: 2022

DOUGLAS SMITH Appointed: 2012

JOHN HOSCHANDER Appointed: 2022

MRS PAT MCNAMEE (Chair)

MR ED PRICE Appointed: 2018

MRS JOSIE WOOD Appointed: 2018

STEVE ROLLINGS Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2002, number: 1090135

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 45 days late, AR13: 84 days late, AR10: 36 days late, AR04: 88 days late,

Main office

VISOR
The Sheen Lane Centre
74 Sheen Lane
East Sheen
SW14 8LP

Objectives

To promote and protect the physical and mental health of visually impaired people in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and neighbouring boroughs by means of, but not exclusively, signposting, advice, assistance, recreational and leisure time activities.

Defined Area of Benefit:

RICHMOND UPON THAMES AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS

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