Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

SIGHT ADVICE SOUTH LAKES

Sight Advice South Lakes supports visually impaired people to improve the quality of their lives and promotes a greater awareness of sight issues. We provide practical and emotional support to visually impaired people and their families and carers. We also support visually impaired people to access social support and activities and take advantage of the opportunities and benefits of ICT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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

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£250£257£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£239£252£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£319£247£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£270£264£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£282£255£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£248£271£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£411£318£94n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£330£253£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£274£219£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£359£251£107n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£498£254£243n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.sightadvice.org.uk

info@sightadvice.org.uk

01539769055

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
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
Henry Smith Charity£100,300
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£20,344
Masonic Trust£10,000
DCMS£9,570
National Lottery Community Fund£8,718
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/01/2023
Main Grants award
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 10/10/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Cumbria Community Foundation - Eye CAN do it
£11,549 23/02/2022
Eye CAN do it
Cumbria Community Foundation - Salary for Sight Support Officers
£7,467 23/02/2022
Salary for Sight Support Officers
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay Connected
£8,718 19/11/2021
The funding will be used to run a range of online and community based support activities for people living with sight loss including local support groups arts and interest groups and general wellbeing and eye health sessions. This aims to reduce ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes
£100,300 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and on costs of a Sight Support Coordinator and Community Development Coordinator at a project helping people with sight loss stay connected with friends, family and society, in Cumbria.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 14/05/2021
Sight Advice South Lakes Core Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,570 06/08/2020
"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
Cumbria Community Foundation - Purchase of a new laptop and 2 mobile handsets
£1,328 01/04/2020
Purchase of a new laptop and 2 mobile handsets
Cumbria Community Foundation - Salary for part-time Sight Support Officer
£6,000 13/06/2019
Salary for part-time Sight Support Officer
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Connections
£190,982 19/07/2018
48
The group will support visually impaired individuals in rural and isolated communities within South Lakeland, particularly those who are newly diagnosed with sight loss, socially isolated or who have poor wellbeing. Activities will be provided in ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes (SASL)
£53,457 27/06/2018
36
This project will work with visually impaired Children and Young People to deliver a programme of fun, learning and creative activities leading to increased confidence and development of independent and social skills.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes
£99,100 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' salaries of a Sight Support Coordinator and Community Development Coordinator at a project in Cumbria that helps people with sight loss stay connected with friends, family and society
National Lottery Community Fund - Visually Impaired People Live Improvement
£9,600 03/01/2018
12
The project will offer support for visually impaired people, including a telephone support line for people needing help or advice with sight loss in rural areas.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes
£10,000 01/11/2017
refurbishment of building and purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with visual impaired people in Kendal
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes
£3,296 04/08/2017
The creation of a peaceful sensory garden at the back of our new Kendal Centre will increase the well-being of visually impaired people.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes
£40,000 16/06/2016
Refurbishment of new building
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Steps for Visually Impaired People
£299,920 29/04/2013
60
This is a continuation and development of an existing project by Sight Advice South Lakes (SASL) to enable visually impaired people (VIP) in South Lakes to receive immediate and appropriate support when their sight deteriorates, so that they can ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sight Advice South Lakes
£20,000 28/01/2013
The charity provide help and support to people with a visual impairment living in South Lakeland. Volunteers help deliver services from information and advice, living independently, aids & equipment and raising awareness of issues.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-78
  • DR SARAH MARGARET RIDING (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Doctor
  • JENNIFER MARY HODKINSON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Student
  • JANET MCLEOD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • LINDA MARY BAVERSTOCK Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Optometrist
  • PAUL BLACKBURN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • RACHEL IRELAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2012, number: 1145818
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/12/2011, number: 07879355
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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sight Advice South Lakes
Bradbury Centre
116 Highgate
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4HE

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED BEING THOSE PEOPLE WITH AN IMPAIRMENT OF VISUAL FUNCTION FOR WHICH FULL REMEDIATION IS NOT POSSIBLE BY CONVENTIONAL SPECTACLES, CONTACT LENSES OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND WHICH CAUSES RESTRICTION IN THAT PERSONS EVERYDAY LIFE IN PARTICULAR BY:1. SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE PART OF THE FORMER COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND AS IS NOW COMPRISED WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.2. PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.3. PROVIDING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES.4. HELPING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY5. PROMOTING AWARENESS OF SIGHT ISSUES ON BEHALF OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE6. DOING AL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE THINGS THAT SHALL FURTHER THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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