Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

The Charity provides a comrehensive range of services to support visually impaired people in the city of Sheffield.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
30/06/23		£2,139	£2,382	£-243	£119	£7,043	£6,877	34.6	86	110
30/06/22		£1,957	£2,019	£-62	£96	£7,520	£7,423	44.1	79	75
30/06/21		£1,898	£1,966	£-68	£71	£7,637	£7,582	46.3	75	71
30/06/20		£2,190	£2,115	£75	£91	£7,114	£7,044	40	87	93
30/06/19		£1,918	£2,023	£-106	£76	£7,478	£7,385	43.8	80	170
30/06/18		£1,936	£1,983	£-47	£69	£7,412	£7,318	44.3	69	0
30/06/17		£1,822	£1,647	£175	£66	£7,405	£7,322	53.3	57	0
30/06/16		£1,508	£1,581	£-72	£67	£6,733	£6,626	50.3	59	0
30/06/15		£1,413	£1,481	£-67	£82	£6,632	£6,556	53.1	55	0
30/06/14		£1,288	£1,439	£-151	£83	£6,796	£6,684	55.7	59	0
30/06/13		£1,367	£1,406	£-39	£83	£6,637	£6,524	55.7	57	0
30/06/12		£1,767	£1,386	£380	£79	£6,213	£6,104	52.8	56	0
30/06/11		£1,253	£1,312	£-59	£90	£5,803	£5,721	52.3	58	0
30/06/10		£1,342	£1,253	£89	£60	£5,292	£5,200	49.8	59	0
30/06/09		£1,059	£1,137	£-77	£41	£4,817	£4,714	49.8	51	0
30/06/08		£1,183	£1,105	£78	£36	£5,532	£5,473	59.4	46	0
30/06/07		£1,076	£1,174	£-98	£32	£6,167	£6,167	63	45	0
30/06/06		£1,095	£977	£118	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05	*	£1,060	£842	£218	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04	*	£868	£807	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 34.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 29 years

www.srsb.org.uk

info@srsb.org.uk

01142722757

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

86 employees
110 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 Heritage Fund	£31,376
Wolfson Foundation	£31,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,840
DCMS	£14,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing social opportunities for visually impaired people in South Yorkshire
£10,000	07/10/2022	The funding will be used to provide a range of sporting and leisure activities for people with sight loss. The project aims to provide activities which will help support service users rebuild ....more The funding will be used to provide a range of sporting and leisure activities for people with sight loss. The project aims to provide activities which will help support service users rebuild confidence and independence.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
£31,000	09/12/2021	Installation of lift and refurbishment at the charity’s centre in Rotherham
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sheffield Royal Society For The Blind
£31,376	29/11/2021	SRSB 160+ Anniversary, Heritage and Sensory Garden project
National Lottery Community Fund - Tele-Communication for Visually Impaired people in the Sheffield City Region
£9,840	11/06/2021	The funding will be used to deliver telephone befriending and tele-communications service for people who are visually impaired where service users will be provided with the opportunity to access ....more The funding will be used to deliver telephone befriending and tele-communications service for people who are visually impaired where service users will be provided with the opportunity to access advice and information along with meeting old and new friends. The aim is to reduce loneliness and isolation and promote positive mental wellbeing.
WCIT Charity - Grant to Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
£3,400	05/05/2021	Funding for introducing older people with sight loss to accessible technology
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,500	01/09/2020	"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."
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	06/08/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rotherham Sight & Sound
£2,930	15/11/2019	We want to buy a minibus to reach more people and help reduce the high level of isolation encountered by local people with sensory loss.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-75

GARY SMITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Head Teacher

NORMAN WRAGG OBE

CATHERINE JANE PATTISON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

EUIN ROBERT HILL Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant

KATRINA MARIA HULSE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Town Planner

STEPHEN GUY BLACKSELL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor

STEVEN JOHN HAMBLETON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED,

DALJIT KAUR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Director, Other trusteeship: ASHIANA SHEFFIELD,

RICHARD ANTHONY FROST (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: THE RONALD AND KATHLEEN PRYOR CHARITY,

ROBERT JAN MICHIEL NOLAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: DEAFBLIND UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1995, number: 1047257
Registered at Companies House on 04/05/1995, number: 03053277

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 43 days late, AR04: 69 days late,

Main office

SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLI
5 MAPPIN STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 4DT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF, AND CARE FOR, BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITY, SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND SERVICES TO BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE WHATEVER THEY LEGALLY WISH TO DO AND WHATEVER THEY ASPIRE TO BE. THIS SUPPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE REGISTERED AS BLIND/SEVERELY SIGHT IMPAIRED OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED/SIGHT IMPAIRED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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