Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +0

Overall GiG Score: -4

LIVING WITHOUT SIGHT LTD

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TALKING MAGAZINES FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED. PURCHASE OF MOBILITY AIDS AND WHEELCHAIR HIRE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be 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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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		£16	£36	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£23	£40	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£68	£39	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20	*	£43	£67	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£65	£72	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£67	£79	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£69	£89	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£80	£77	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£87	£81	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£84	£83	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£92	£85	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£94	£89	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£106	£94	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£101	£95	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£130	£115	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£107	£84	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

lws.charity@live.co.uk

0161 441 4196

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Forever Manchester - New Equipment
£830	05/05/2023	New laptop and recording device for group creating specialised content for the blind and partially sighted.
Forever Manchester - LWS: Post covid rebuild
£989	12/05/2021	Purchase equipment to grow the service
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Living Without Sight Ltd
£2,844	04/08/2017	To improve the quality of life and independence of the visually impaired and inform and encourage local people to benefit from our services

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 64-84

JANET ANDERS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

JOHN GRAHAME BEECH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

NORMA DENBIGH (Chair) Appointed: 2021

JANET ELIZABETH DERBYSHIRE Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Secretary

VALERIE JANE GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Nhs

JILL ALLEN-KING, Occupation: Pensioner Voluntary Worker, Other trusteeship: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/08/2007, number: 1120577
Registered at Companies House on 09/05/2007, number: 06241715

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR17: 4 days late, AR11: 16 days late, AR10: 25 days late,

Main office

Living Without Sight Ltd
41 Craven Road
Broadheath
ALTRINCHAM
Cheshire
WA14 5HJ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE ANY CHARITABLE NEED OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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