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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD 

We provide grants for communication equipment to Blind and Vision Impaired throughout the UK, for those who would otherwise be unable to afford them and meet our eligibility criteria. We also provide support and training to successful applicants. We work in partnership with other organisations in the Sight Loss Sector.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/12/22£15,809£75,477£-59,6680
31/12/21£0£11,304£-11,3040
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

itsvip.org

info@itsvip.org

07547406563

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusion for blind and partially sighted people through communication
£9,816 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to provide 19 blind and partially sighted people living in financial hardships with specially adapted smartphones and tablet computers. It also will provide training on how ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2021, number: 1194681
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/04/2021, number: 13324405
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

170 MANCHESTER ROAD
ACCRINGTON
BB5 2PD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) TO HELP TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE REGISTERED BLIND OR VISION IMPAIRED AND ARE ON LOW INCOME, ENABLING MANY BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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