Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -13 ?

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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£2£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£1£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£1£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£1£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£1£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£16£6£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£1£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£1£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1£5£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 48 years

iangardner24@gmail.com

01904701872

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

  • NEIL GRAEME HOUNAM
  • NEIL WEBSTER
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1976, number: 505606
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 102 days late, AR19: 3 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

2 Tadcaster Road
Dringhouses
YORK
YO24 1LH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE REGISTERED BLIND, OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE YORK AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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