Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Poor Liquidity: -1
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -4

RNIB CHARITY

Provision of services in the devolved countries (Cymru, Scotlland and Northern Ireland), management of RNIB Places (schools and care homes and two of RNIB's supporterd living communities) and RNIB Solutions division (which handles accesibility products and services such as braille transcription and operation of RNIB's on-line shop and services).

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
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
31/03/22	£5,807	£5,634	£173	£0	£0	£0	n/a	105	0
31/03/21	£11,729	£11,951	£-222	£0	£0	£0	n/a	262	0
31/03/20	£13,885	£13,918	£-33	£0	£8	£8	0	442	0
31/03/19	£20,167	£20,182	£-15	£0	£38	£38	0	652	0
31/03/18	£21,839	£23,153	£-1,314	£0	£53	£53	0	764	4,796
31/03/17	£38,644	£37,633	£1,011	£0	£1,367	£1,367	0.4	820	0
31/03/16	£41,511	£41,364	£147	£0	£356	£0	n/a	1,015	0
31/03/15	£25,116	£24,907	£209	£103	£209	£0	n/a	677	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 100%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: NAN%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 10 years

http://www.rnib.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

helpline@rnib.org.uk

0303 123 9999

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Isle Of Man,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

105 employees

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
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Developing a Self-Calibrating Navigation System to Address the Orientation Challenges faced by Older People with Visual Impairments
£75,523	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10025229
Department for Work and Pensions - DIVORCE
£2,441	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN MARGARET TYLOR Appointed: 2020

ELIZABETH ANN WALKER Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE,

MARTIN STUART DAVIDSON KCMG Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE, THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE,

AMANDA KATE ROWLAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE, THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BOOKHAM,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2014, number: 1156629
Registered at Companies House on 03/12/2019, number: 12345678

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from KALAPREMI UK on 26/07/2023

Main office

ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE
BLIND
154A Pentonville Road
LONDON
N1 9JE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BETTER EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND GENERALLY TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT BLINDNESS.

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