Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

VISIONARY - LINKING LOCAL SIGHT LOSS CHARITIES

Visionary is a federation of one hundred local societies for blind and partially sighted people in the UK. It aspires to provide support for and raise awareness of the services provided by its members. It has a development fund for small societies and advises national research and campaign groups. A conference for members is held annually and members receive a bi-monthly newsletter.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently
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	£473	£423	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£359	£382	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£341	£378	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£563	£437	£126	£0	£166	£106	2.9	6	0
31/03/19	£688	£683	£5	£0	£40	£39	0.7	10	10
31/03/18	£675	£662	£13	£0	£35	£35	0.6	10	0
31/03/17	£650	£654	£-4	£0	£22	£22	0.4	0	0
31/03/16	£337	£337	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£199	£208	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£218	£231	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£233	£194	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	£208	£207	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	£217	£211	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 15 years

www.visionary.org.uk

visionary@visionary.org.uk

02089950880

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Blind people

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Vision Foundation - Making lived experience matter in London
£19,815	09/03/2022 17	We will work with Visionary members in London to identify ways to better engage with people with lived experience in shaping services, influencing organisational development, being part of the governance structure and being part of the team. We will ....more We will work with Visionary members in London to identify ways to better engage with people with lived experience in shaping services, influencing organisational development, being part of the governance structure and being part of the team. We will prepa

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

CRAIG SPALDING Appointed: 2023

MARK PETER UPTON (Chair) Appointed: 2021

MICHAEL KEITH EALES Appointed: 2023

OWEN JAMES WILLIAMS Appointed: 2016

PHILIP DAVID MILLS Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR SHAHINA PARDHAN Appointed: 2022

SARAH FRENCH Appointed: 2023

TOM HARTE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Sales Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/2010, number: 1135360

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

First Floor
3 Queen Square
London
WC1N 3AR

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TOTHE FOLLOWING: TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLINDOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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