Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 10

Excess liquidity: -1
Pension deficit: -3
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 17

THE ROYAL NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND

Residential Specialist College ,promoting the independence and potential of people who are blind or partially sighted ages 16 and over.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
There is a pension deficit of £2,345,000

Established: 34 years

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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
31/07/23	£7,578	£6,965	£613	£530	£10,771	£9,608	16.6	150	45
31/07/22	£7,761	£6,242	£1,519	£508	£11,463	£10,436	20.1	153	45
31/07/21	£5,620	£5,519	£101	£376	£9,053	£7,904	17.2	138	40
31/07/20	£5,635	£5,640	£-5	£493	£8,440	£7,420	15.8	138	40
31/07/19	£5,827	£6,985	£-1,158	£756	£8,902	£8,043	13.8	162	40
31/07/18	£6,173	£8,853	£-2,680	£810	£9,260	£8,367	11.3	167	0
31/07/17	£6,709	£6,616	£93	£797	£10,829	£4,879	8.8	168	0
31/07/16	£6,608	£6,868	£-260	£918	£11,814	£5,762	10.1	168	0
31/07/15	£6,845	£6,862	£-17	£890	£12,693	£6,447	11.3	147	0
31/07/14	£6,960	£6,885	£75	£813	£13,132	£6,823	11.9	148	0
31/07/13	£7,465	£7,646	£-181	£1,163	£13,120	£3,656	5.7	160	0
31/07/12	£7,355	£8,838	£-1,483	£1,407	£12,750	£2,974	4	197	0
31/07/11	£8,201	£8,912	£-711	£1,404	£16,489	£5,206	7	198	0
31/07/10	£8,570	£8,576	£-6	£1,222	£24,467	£13,215	18.5	200	0
31/07/09	£12,439	£8,336	£4,103	£729	£25,099	£14,288	20.6	217	0
31/07/08	£13,732	£8,561	£5,171	£600	£23,317	£17,473	24.5	238	0
31/07/07	£7,718	£7,859	£-141	£555	£18,715	£18,335	28	216	0
31/07/06	£7,191	£7,261	£-70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/05	£6,317	£6,444	£-127	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/04	£6,172	£6,077	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 16.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Herefordshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

150 employees
45 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Foyle Foundation	£80,000
Wolfson Foundation	£50,000
DCMS	£39,693
The Clothworkers Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Purchase and installation of 2 sports team shelters at thePoint4
£3,000	25/05/2023	Grant to The Royal National College for the Blind
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Community access defibrillators
£4,190	25/05/2023	Grant to The Royal National College for the Blind
Sport England - Places and Spaces (Crowdfunding)
£0	07/10/2022	Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Places and Spaces', a United by Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy fund. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England ....more Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Places and Spaces', a United by Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy fund. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £7,500. They achieved themselves an additional crowdfund raise value of £7,750 from 87 supporters ('the crowd'). The campaign's description was: 'Our project aim is to replace the lighting in our large sports hall to more efficient, cost effective and carbon reducing LED lighting.' Their campaign page can be viewed here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/light-uprnc
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Sustainable lighting for RNC's Sports Hall
£7,500	05/09/2022	Grant to The Royal National College for the Blind
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£30,000	21/04/2022	towards development of Audio Media Production Suite
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Royal National College for the Blind
£50,000	10/06/2021	Skills centre supporting students with visual impairments to gain work experience
National Lottery Community Fund - Sports Hall Cleaning Efficiency Project
£10,000	23/04/2021	The funding will be used to purchase a cleaning system for the sports hall which is used extensively for accessible games and classes by people who are visually impaired or disabled enabling hall ....more The funding will be used to purchase a cleaning system for the sports hall which is used extensively for accessible games and classes by people who are visually impaired or disabled enabling hall users to participate in physical activities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	29/01/2021	Refurbishing Student Gym and Astro pitch
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	21/01/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,693	30/10/2020	"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."
The Foyle Foundation - Learning
£50,000	30/09/2020	towards core costs and equipment in 2020/21 to help RNC to safely provide specialist education to visually impaired young people during the COVID-19 pandemic (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Royal National College for the Blind
£25,000	03/12/2019	refurbishment of a gym and astro turf pitch for a charity which works with visually impaired people in Herefordshire
Sport England - Running and Cycling Club for Visually Impaired
£9,911	30/10/2019 30	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Running and Cycling Club for Visually Impaired. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Running and Cycling Club for Visually Impaired. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Get Equipped - RNC Goalball Development
£9,188	06/02/2014	Funding under Sport England's Get Equipped funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Equipped - RNC Goalball Development'. This project is a Goalball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more Funding under Sport England's Get Equipped funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Equipped - RNC Goalball Development'. This project is a Goalball project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-78

ANDREW DAVID POWELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: It Manager

ELLIOT KYLE BASTABLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Paralegal

HELEN MILES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: SUTTON COLDFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST,

JEREMY CLARKE-MORRIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Tax Adviser

JOHN RYAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

JONATHAN BREW Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Solicitor

JENNIFER BARNES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Professor

KERRY ANN DIAMOND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Financial Director/Self Employed, Other trusteeship: ST PETER'S COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TRUST (DORMINGTON),

LUCY PROCTOR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Executive Principal

LISA JANE ROBERTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher

PETER FLYNN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director Financial Services

PETER THOMAS GEBBIE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Emergency Planning Officer

SIMON HAIRSNAPE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Nhs Accountable Officer, Other trusteeship: THE CLD TRUST,

SONYA LOUISE BRYSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director

SUZANNE PENNY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HEREFORDSHIRE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT SERVICE,

VICTORIA-MARIE PUGH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Lecturer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/09/1990, number: 1000388
Registered at Companies House on 03/04/1989, number: 02367626

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

C/O THE CLERK
ROYAL NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR THE
BLIND
VENNS LANE
HEREFORD
HR1 1DT

Objectives

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND FOR SUCH OTHER PEOPLE AS THE GOVERNORS MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME (BENEFICIARIES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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