Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -4
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Provide accommodation and care, a community visiting service and educational and recreational facilities to blind and partially sighted people in Norfolk.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £8,227,960 available, equivalent to 44 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 60 years

www.visionnorfolk.org.uk

office@visionnorfolk.org.uk

01603573000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£2,396	£2,245	£151	£93	£8,873	£8,228	44	50	75
31/03/22		£7,189	£2,573	£4,616	£81	£8,904	£8,169	38.1	71	120
31/03/21		£2,169	£2,511	£-342	£62	£4,132	£3,373	16.1	87	190
31/03/20		£1,678	£2,607	£-929	£164	£4,242	£3,584	16.5	87	170
31/03/19		£2,231	£2,589	£-357	£107	£5,302	£4,573	21.2	83	210
31/03/18		£1,885	£2,381	£-495	£104	£5,554	£4,823	24.3	82	0
31/03/17	*	£2,092	£2,091	£2	£148	£6,162	£5,393	31	83	0
31/03/16		£2,423	£2,118	£305	£221	£5,882	£5,232	29.6	63	0
31/03/15		£1,828	£1,928	£-100	£154	£5,792	£5,109	31.8	64	0
31/03/14		£1,659	£1,879	£-219	£160	£5,827	£5,141	32.8	65	0
31/03/13		£1,868	£1,964	£-96	£159	£5,967	£5,228	31.9	66	0
31/03/12		£2,086	£2,035	£50	£158	£5,833	£5,114	30.1	65	0
31/03/11		£1,980	£1,976	£4	£125	£5,811	£3,711	22.5	64	0
31/03/10		£2,132	£1,861	£271	£140	£5,685	£3,712	23.9	63	0
31/03/09		£2,408	£1,871	£537	£144	£4,808	£3,484	22.3	62	0
31/03/08		£1,655	£1,749	£-94	£109	£4,897	£4,075	28	62	0
31/03/07		£1,497	£1,703	£-206	£83	£5,261	£4,440	31.3	62	0
31/03/06		£1,540	£1,602	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£2,132	£1,477	£656	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,264	£1,463	£-200	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 44 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Norfolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

50 employees
75 volunteers

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 - Living with Visual Impairment - Arts and Crafts
£9,948	06/05/2022	The funding will be used to deliver arts and crafts courses and an exhibition for people living with vision impairments. The project aims to develop new skills confidence and wellbeing.
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to Vision Norfolk
£120,000	30/01/2020 36	Sports, Leisure and Social Activities for People with Sight Loss
National Lottery Community Fund - NNAB Building Connections App
£95,114	28/02/2019 36	The project will use funding to develop an app, through which calls for help going to a particular activity can be made, volunteers can log activity and people can initiate contact. The project aims ....more The project will use funding to develop an app, through which calls for help going to a particular activity can be made, volunteers can log activity and people can initiate contact. The project aims to support more visually impaired people to engage in activities, and provide a more accessible tool for volunteers to fit volunteering round their daily life.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Norfolk & Norwich Association for the Blind
£6,668	19/11/2018	We want to create a relaxing sensory garden for our members with seats, lovely smells, tactile ornaments and a beautiful water feature.
National Lottery Community Fund - Charles Bonnet Syndrome Art Project
£9,820	14/02/2018 12	This project will run an accessible, interactive art exhibition to raise awareness of Charles Bonnet Syndrome and offer support to people.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

RACHAEL LAURIE Appointed: 2023

BRIDGET HEMMANT MBCHB.FRCP Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: VISION NORFOLK,

DR DAVID GOLDSER MBBS Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: VISION NORFOLK,

JENNIFER ANN MANSER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: Thornage Hall Independent Living, VISION NORFOLK,

JULIAN FOSTER MA,ACA,FCT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: VISION NORFOLK,

KAREN NORTON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: VISION NORFOLK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1964, number: 207060

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR17: 0 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from NORTH NORFOLK SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE BLIND on 08/12/2022

Main office

Bradbury Activity Centre
33 Beckham Place
Edward Street
NORWICH
NR3 3DZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY-SIGHTED PERSONS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENT IN NORWICH OR ELSEWHERE IN NORFOLK, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE BOARD THINKS FIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE THE SCHEME DATED 1 NOVEMBER 1983).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORWICH OR ELSEWHERE IN NORFOLK.

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