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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT BLIND SOCIETY

The Charity supports people with sight loss across a large part of East Lancashire and offers a range of services from our refurbished Sight Advice Centre in Accrington.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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£23£112£-89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£27£85£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£56£52£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£30£40£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£36£40£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£99£31£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£26£22£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£88£19£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£49£36£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£21£34£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£26£30£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£31£35£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£42£28£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£31£26£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£53£47£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£36£29£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£23£28£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£39£27£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£28£33£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£45£35£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

www.elvinet.org.uk

INFO@ACCRINGTONBLINDSOCIETY.ORG.UK

01254233332

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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
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Refurbishment of the Resource and Information Centre for blind and vis
£10,000 03/04/2017
12
The funding will be used by a charity to create a secure IT training and counselling room and fit secure and soundproof doors for the benefit of people with sight loss who access of their resource ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • DAWN SYLMAY HEWITSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • JONATHAN PETER LILLIOTT Appointed: 2022
  • PETER GOODALL
  • PETER BLACK Appointed: 2022
  • PETER DAVID TAYLOR Appointed: 2022
  • SARAJ BARTON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/04/1964, number: 221983
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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; AR20: 4 days late, AR19: 108 days late, AR08: 40 days late,
Main office

30-32 Bank Street
Accrington
BB5 1HP

Objectives

IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN ANY MANNER THAT THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED,IN PRACTICE ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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