Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 12
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION

1)Drop In center activities to alleviate loneliness, 2) Providing weekly talking newspapers on audio tapes. 3) Taking blind and partially sighted people to various places of interest 4) providing advice and case work services. 5Training in mobility and providing music and bringing speakers to talk to the blind people on issues of blindness,. 6) Blindness awareness;. 7) Outreach:
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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£46£51£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£51£56£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£87£90£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£48£49£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£42£22£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£6£16£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£15£20£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£34£22£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£28£39£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£53£49£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£32£36£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£43£30£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£43£40£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£30£37£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.wf-ba.co.uk

wfblindassociation@googlemail.com

02085560355

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Waltham Forest,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
City Bridge Trust£79,834
Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,000
Sport England£29,929
National Lottery Community Fund£25,000
DCMS£9,999
The Foyle Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Waltham Forest Blind Association
£75,000 06/12/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Waltham Forest Blind Association
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000 28/11/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Sport England - Getting more Disabled People more Active & Physically Fit
£14,999 16/10/2023
13
This project will increase the activity levels of 25 visually impaired people aged 50+ years and their carers by providing weekly table tennis and Tai Chi sessions.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION
£30,000 10/10/2022
36
£30,000 (3 x £10,000) towards through inclusive sports activities, including strengthening and balancing exercises, for blind and partially sighted people in Waltham Forest
National Lottery Community Fund - IMPROVING MENTAL&PHYSICAL HEALTH AND BUILDING OF STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
£10,000 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to provide sports and social activities for older people living with visual impairments and without sight. The project aims to promote independence build friendships and improve wellbeing.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - DISABILITY INCLUSIVE EXERCISES FOR JUBILEE
£6,450 27/06/2022
This project will provide yoga, dance, and exercise sessions for visually impaired and disabled people. The project will provide 3 hours of activities a week for 30 weeks.
Sport England - COVID19 RETURN TO PLAY
£8,480 15/09/2021
2
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 RETURN TO PLAY. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - DISABILITY INCLUSSION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 CRISIS
£5,000 08/09/2021
The funding is being used to run activities for people who are visually impaired so they can reengage with the community following the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will help build stronger connections decrease social isolation and improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Together We Can Rebuild our lives shattered by COVID-19 Crisis.
£10,000 03/09/2021
The funding will be used to offer older visually impaired people in the community a drop-in facility and support groups. The project aims to reduce isolation and loneliness build a stronger cohesive community and improve health and wellbeing.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION
£9,016 15/12/2020
0
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999 22/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION
£30,928 13/08/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for the online engagement activities for people who are blind or have visual impairments
City Bridge Trust - Grant to WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION (WFBA)
£9,890 15/05/2020
A grant of £9,890 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Waltham Forest Blind Association
£6,898 15/11/2019
We want to run regular activities for isolated and vulnerable older people with visual impairments.
Sport England - Sports, Inclusion, Disability & Participation
£9,300 05/06/2019
18
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sports, Inclusion, Disability & Participation. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Waltham Forest Blind Association
£9,800 04/05/2018
puchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in Waltham Forest
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Waltham Forest Blind Association
£22,400 29/10/2012
the salary and NI costs of the part time Admin/Community Support Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Count me in Olympics
£10,000 22/12/2011
12
This is a project by a community group in Waltham Forest. The group will use funding to provide people who are blind with physical and exercise based activities in the run up to the Olympic Games. This will improve beneficiaries health and fitness ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Health and Wellbeing Project
£10,000 02/09/2010
12
This is a project by a charity in Waltham Forest who will use funding to engage additional volunteers to build the capacity of the organisation to provide focused support for blind and visually impaired people. This will encourage service users to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREAS GEORGIOU Appointed: 2019
  • ASMA MUSHTAQ Appointed: 2019
  • GARY WIGGINS Appointed: 2019
  • NASEEM YAQUB Appointed: 2023
  • TARIQ HUSSAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2011
  • VIJAY PARKH Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2009, number: 1130235
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
  • 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
14 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 252 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

UNIT 801 MIDLANDS BUSINESS CENTRE
679 High Road Leyton
LONDON
ENGLAND
E10 6RA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF WHICH WILL BE TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY-SIGHTED PEOPLE, WHO ARE RESIDENT IN WALTHAM FOREST

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALTHAM FOREST

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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