Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

HERTS VISION LOSS

Herts Vision Loss services:Home Visits by staff and trained volunteersA Hospital Information Service located in eye clinicsA central Resource Centre and outreach locations Information for visually impaired people through a help/advice line A regular Newsletter and full information via our website. Support to local social clubs across the countyChildren's services, social clubs

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 29 years

hertsvisionloss.org.uk

office@hertsvisionloss.org.uk

01707324680

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£323	£323	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	130
31/03/22	£287	£286	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	137
31/03/21	£127	£127	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	142
31/03/20	£138	£170	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	140
31/03/19	£203	£202	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	139
31/03/18	£261	£260	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£227	£226	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£203	£201	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£205	£186	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£175	£172	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£177	£188	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£166	£195	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£199	£208	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£187	£165	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£119	£252	£-133	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£175	£240	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£161	£202	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£127	£205	£-78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£120	£182	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£133	£142	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
130 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£11,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£9,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Herts Vision Loss
£11,000	16/11/2023	Purchase of IT equipment and upgrade of digital infrastructure for a charity which works with blind and visually impaired people in Hertfordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling Services for VIPs (Visually Impaired People)
£10,000	10/12/2021	The funding will be used to provide counselling services for visually impaired people in their homes. The project aims to support the mental health of blind people and reduce isolation and loneliness.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Reducing anxiety after lockdown
£4,500	18/06/2021	Grant to Herts Vision Loss
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Sight Life
£5,000	20/09/2019	Grant to Herts Vision Loss
National Lottery Community Fund - Sight Life
£10,000	24/07/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to run new social groups for adults and to provide more support for visually impaired people, helping to improve wellbeing and provide support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Herts Vision Loss - Cooking with confidence
£7,836	19/11/2018	Help us deliver cooking courses promoting healthy living, increasing the independence and confidence of visually impaired people.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Herts Vision Loss
£36,155	23/10/2018 36	This project will provide activity sessions and counselling sessions to visually impaired children and young people, enabling them to have fun as they build positive relationships, improve their ....more This project will provide activity sessions and counselling sessions to visually impaired children and young people, enabling them to have fun as they build positive relationships, improve their emotional well-being and raise their aspirations.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Sight Life
£3,500	07/12/2017 12	Grant to Herts Vision Loss
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Herts Vision Loss
£15,000	10/04/2017	purchase of minibus for a charity which works with disabled people in Welwyn Garden City
National Lottery Community Fund - The Job Club for the Blind and Visually Impaired
£10,000	11/01/2017 12	The group will run a weekly job club for those who have a significant sight impairment. This will provide opportunities for people who are visually impaired to develop employability skills and reduce ....more The group will run a weekly job club for those who have a significant sight impairment. This will provide opportunities for people who are visually impaired to develop employability skills and reduce social isolation.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hertfordshire Society for the Blind
£30,000	29/07/2013	The charity supports visually impaired people in Hertfordshire. Their home visiting and befriending service brings reduced isolation and increased confidence and keeps people engaged in their local ....more The charity supports visually impaired people in Hertfordshire. Their home visiting and befriending service brings reduced isolation and increased confidence and keeps people engaged in their local community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hertfordshire Society for the Blind
£58,000	13/06/2012 36	towards three years' running costs of an Equipment and Information Outreach Service for people with visual impairments in Hertfordshire

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 61-73

ALISON MACDOUGALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Orthoptist

DAVID OTTOLANGUI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consulting Engineer

JOHN CHARLES CRESWICK PAGE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner

JOHN DUFF WARNER-SMITH Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner

PAUL ANTHONY TAYLOR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

RICHARD SEAMAN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Director Of Charity

RAJ VISRAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant

SUSAN ALEXANDRA HICKINBOTHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Management Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/06/1995, number: 1047148
Registered at Companies House on 15/03/1995, number: 03033089

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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

Herts Vision Loss
2 Brownfields
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Hertfordshire
AL7 1AN

Objectives

TO GRANT ASSISTANCE TO ALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HERTFORDSHIRE OR IN NEIGHBOURING AREAS; TO CARRY ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS; AND TO CARRY ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO THE PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION OR CURE OF PROBLEMS RELATING TO EYESIGHT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HERTFORDSHIRE OR IN NEIGHBOURING AREAS

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