Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

BRADBURY FIELDS SERVICES FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE

To offer assessment and rehabilitation services to blind and partially sighted people accross Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton. Hold the register of blind and partially sighted people on behalf of the local authority. Offer a training and transcription service to outside agencies. Offer health and social activities to service users.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/09/23*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21?£1,573£1,330£244£104£1,077£1,0639.63065
31/03/20£1,018£1,097£-79£12£920£9039.932140
31/03/19£943£919£24£6£999£95912.533167
31/03/18*£814£836£-22£31£975£97514180
31/03/17£789£1,014£-226£764£997£99711.8180
31/03/16£842£878£-36£125£1,121£1,11815.3180
31/03/15£740£848£-108£91£1,158£1,14616.2170
31/03/14£779£760£19£30£1,266£1,21619.2210
31/03/13£954£827£127£50£1,247£1,20617.5210
31/03/12£830£821£9£25£1,120£1,09316200
31/03/11£914£814£100£44£1,108£1,10016.2230
31/03/10£813£822£-8£38£1,009£1952.8330
31/03/09£824£799£25£92£1,019£3355220
31/03/08£772£809£-37£35£993£4636.9220
31/03/07*£731£812£-81£44£1,030£6659.8250
31/03/06£980£815£165n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£802£786£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£909£583£326n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years
(64 years as a company)

www.bradburyfields.org.uk

info@bradburyfields.org.uk

01512210888

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,868
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£1,772
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bradbury Fields Services For Blind & Partially Sighted
£1,772 21/10/2023
We'd like to fund activity sessions including yoga, tai chi and outdoor activities to help improve blind and partially sighted peoples overall health and wellbeing.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 10/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bradbury Fields Services for Blind and Partially Sighted People
£5,000 11/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that supports the visually impaired in Merseyside
National Lottery Community Fund - Be Active
£8,868 30/04/2020
4
The project will pay for a co-ordinator to oversee volunteers supporting blind and partially sighted people during COVID-19. This will enable them to help deliver food and prescriptions as well as provide telephone support to help reduce isolation ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Be Active
£8,625 16/10/2019
12
Be Active
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Vision
£6,000 28/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to run musical activities and fitness classes for blind and partially sighted older people. The project aims to end loneliness, provide peer support and form friendships through social activities.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Bradbury Fields (formerly LVSB)
£10,000 01/02/2018
Towards volunteers, travel and admissions costs of the Be Active Project
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Bradbury Fields
£19,000 04/12/2017
Specialist equipment resource centre
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bradbury Fields
£75,000 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a project that works to address social isolation and loneliness for older blind and partially sighted people in Merseyside
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-87
  • EDWARD ROBINSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired Accountant
  • GERALDINE BOUNDS Appointed: 1992, Occupation: Tutor And Lecturer
  • JEAN COLLINS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None
  • MARGARET GUPPY Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None
  • MATTHEW HUGHES-PATON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee
  • NAOMI DITCHFIELD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: House Wife
  • ROGER PHILLIPS Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Broadcaster
  • SUSAN JANET TURNHAM Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Administrator
  • TUDOR ROBERTS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/1963, number: 222798
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/1960, number: 00654873
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 4 days late, AR22: 20 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 94 days late,
Main office

THE BRADBURYCENTRE
YOUENS WAY
LIVERPOOL
MERSEYSIDE
L14 2EP

Objectives

TO ASSIST BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE MERSEYSIDE AREA OR SUCH OTHER AREA AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTIES CAUSED THROUGH BLINDNESS OR PARTIAL SIGHT BY (IF NECESSARY) ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AND THEREAFTER (WHERE RESOURCES PERMIT) PROVIDING REHABILITATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE, SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, HOLIDAYS OR SUCH OTHER SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT AS SHALL ASSIST IN ATTAINING THE OBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE AREA OR SUCH OTHER AREA AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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