Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -4

BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT BLIND SOCIETY

To provide welfare services to the blind and partially sighted within the local government districts of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£17	£45	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£16	£43	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/21		£76	£41	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/20		£12	£44	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£24	£40	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£21	£41	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£46	£38	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£43	£41	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£21	£44	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£18	£41	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£26	£42	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£8	£42	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£354	£32	£322	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£16	£24	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£23	£34	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£19	£63	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£33	£68	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£27	£68	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£45	£67	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£89	£68	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 36 years

www.bbsoc.org.uk

contact@bbsoc.org.uk

01254698683

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,184	03/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - New Vision Walls
£4,899	15/03/2017 12	The funding will be used by a charity to upgrade their existing reception area to an appropriate and purpose built space, where people who have a sight loss can be met by staff and receive advice ....more The funding will be used by a charity to upgrade their existing reception area to an appropriate and purpose built space, where people who have a sight loss can be met by staff and receive advice regarding their eyesight condition. The project aims to help people who are visually impaired have easy access to advice and services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Gender Split

IAN RAYMOND AINSWORTH Appointed: 2016

JOHN MACNAMARA

JOHN LEIGH Appointed: 2018

WILLIAM FERGUSON Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: BLACKBURN LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND,

ALAN HOLDERNESS (Chair), Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: BLIND VETERANS UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/02/1988, number: 519938

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 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 36 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 142 days late, AR09: 517 days late, AR08: 26 days late, AR07: 262 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 74 days late,

Main office

Suite 4 - Unit A
NJK House
Wilkinson Way
Haslingden Road
Blackburn
BB1 2EE

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION TO BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS, WHO RESIDE IN BLACKBURN AND TEH SURROUNDING DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE RELIEF OF SUCH PERSONS IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLACKBURN AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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