Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 14

INFOCUS CHARITY

The relief of persons with a visual impairment (VI) by; - supporting the education and training of persons with VI by such means as the Trustees think fit, including (but not limited to) the provision of a school(s) and further education college(s)- providing care for persons with VI and support for them to live independently within the community- supporting the employment of persons with VI

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually 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:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£9,113	£9,222	£-109	£125	£9,457	£8,062	10.5	227	66
31/08/22		£8,335	£7,965	£370	£131	£9,590	£7,989	12	234	74
31/08/21		£7,754	£7,940	£-186	£147	£9,257	£8,141	12.3	251	70
31/08/20		£7,428	£8,091	£-663	£135	£9,314	£7,923	11.8	246	57
31/08/19		£7,851	£7,921	£-71	£129	£9,548	£7,951	12	253	53
31/08/18		£7,584	£7,382	£202	£130	£9,532	£7,906	12.9	259	0
31/08/17		£7,571	£7,484	£87	£148	£9,267	£7,734	12.4	267	0
31/08/16		£7,925	£8,189	£-263	£256	£9,113	£7,455	10.9	287	0
31/08/15		£8,137	£7,911	£225	£264	£9,521	£7,923	12	272	0
31/08/14		£7,029	£7,740	£-711	£235	£9,104	£7,528	11.7	240	0
31/08/13		£7,505	£7,619	£-114	£201	£9,712	£8,067	12.7	259	0
31/08/12		£7,492	£7,374	£117	£213	£9,571	£7,891	12.8	229	0
31/08/11		£7,297	£6,967	£331	£218	£9,303	£7,518	13	200	0
31/08/10?		£7,315	£7,361	£-46	£205	£8,903	£6,946	11.3	220	0
31/03/09		£7,418	£7,877	£-460	£353	£9,378	£7,343	11.2	241	0
31/03/08		£7,159	£7,589	£-430	£288	£10,235	£7,965	12.6	241	0
31/03/07		£7,052	£7,281	£-229	£358	£10,906	£8,817	14.5	225	0
31/03/06		£6,495	£6,540	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£5,495	£5,581	£-86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£4,550	£4,716	£-165	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 10.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 28 years

www.infocus-charity.org.uk

enquiries@InFocus-Charity.org.uk

01392 454200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Devon, Torbay,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - InFocus Skills Hub
£9,800	29/04/2022	The funding will be used to develop a skills hub where a range of arts-based activities independent living skills-learning and employability opportunities will be offered to young people with vision impairment and complex needs. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to develop a skills hub where a range of arts-based activities independent living skills-learning and employability opportunities will be offered to young people with vision impairment and complex needs. The project aims to improve their facilities to help support individuals to develop life motor communication and work-skills and encourage them to be as individual as possible.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000	06/01/2021	to support specified work
Co-Operative Group - Grant to WESC Foundation
£3,345	15/11/2019	We wish to equip our swimming pool with underwater sound and sensory lights, as an extra sensory experience for children with disabilities.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to WESC Foundation - The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment
£22,500	07/11/2019	purchase of assistive communication aid equipment for a charity which works with people with visual impairments in Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - Equipment for community outdoor fitness area
£10,000	21/06/2018 12	The college will install fitness equipment for the benefit of their students and disabled groups who access the sports facilities at the site with the aim of providing opportunities to take part in fitness activities which are rarely available to ....more The college will install fitness equipment for the benefit of their students and disabled groups who access the sports facilities at the site with the aim of providing opportunities to take part in fitness activities which are rarely available to them.
Comic Relief - Creating a Speaking Shop Till
£47,000	16/05/2018 9	WESC Foundation, a specialist centre for visual impairment currently operate 6 shops in the South-West, where people with visual impairments work. They have adapted their tills for people with visual impairment as much as they can, but these ....more WESC Foundation, a specialist centre for visual impairment currently operate 6 shops in the South-West, where people with visual impairments work. They have adapted their tills for people with visual impairment as much as they can, but these adaptations still do not fully serve somebody who is totally blind. WESC and their tech partners, wish to create a point of sale ‘Speaking shop till’ that is totally audio descriptive, from initiating a transaction to the transaction being completed. The objective of the Speaking Till is to facilitate the employment of severely visually impaired and blind till operators to enable them to be fully effective staff members.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	13/07/2017	WESC Foundation - The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment
Comic Relief - Eyelander Online: Gamified training for children and young people with vision impairment
£39,700	15/03/2017 4	Four years of research has shown that certain types of young people with visual impairment can improve their vision by using a computer based therapy based on compensatory training. However it is routine and tiresome. Eyelander is this therapy ....more Four years of research has shown that certain types of young people with visual impairment can improve their vision by using a computer based therapy based on compensatory training. However it is routine and tiresome. Eyelander is this therapy converted into an online game. By playing the game, young people are actually undertaking the therapy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair friendly outdoor classroom
£10,000	12/03/2014 12	This is a project by a charity in Exeter. The group will use the funding to create an outdoor, wheelchair classroom with covered story telling pavilion. This will allow the group to incorporate play into all areas of the curriculum and encourage the ....more This is a project by a charity in Exeter. The group will use the funding to create an outdoor, wheelchair classroom with covered story telling pavilion. This will allow the group to incorporate play into all areas of the curriculum and encourage the beneficiaries to approach new activities in a creative and imaginative way while boosting their productivity and attention spans. This will also improve facilities in the children's residential care grounds.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-73

ANGUS MARTIN MCNICOL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Charity Consultant

CHRISTOPHER HARVEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

DEREK JOHN FARGHER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Interim Accountant

DR ANDREW DANIEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: School Leader And Teacher

IAN JAMES DONOHUE MBE Appointed: 2023

JUSTIN WYLIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Fundraising Director

LISA MAUNDER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Secretary

PAMELA MARIE MARSDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN ELIZABETH HOLT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/1996, number: 1058937
Registered at Companies House on 18/06/2009, number: 06938379

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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; AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

InFocus Charity
Countess Wear
Topsham Road
EXETER
EX2 6HA

Objectives

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A VISION IMPAIRMENT AND COMPLEX NEEDS (WHETHER THIS IS A PHYSICAL, OTHER SENSORY OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT) BY:1.1. SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS WITH A VISION OR OTHER SENSORY IMPAIRMENT BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF A DAY AND RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION FACILITY;1.2. PROVIDING CARE FOR PERSONS WITH A VISION OR OTHER SENSORY IMPAIRMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY;1.3. SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS WITH A VISION IMPAIRMENT OR OTHER SENSORY COMPLEX IMPAIRMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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