Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 8

SOUTHEND IN SIGHT

The principal object of the charity is to offer support for visually impaired and blind persons and their families in Southend on Sea, Essex and the adjoining areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 26 years

southendinsight.org.uk

lucy@sbw.org

01702 342131

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£283	£315	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/22		£657	£983	£-326	£31	£1,102	£1,072	13.1	33	70
31/03/21	*	£1,100	£994	£106	£18	£1,426	£1,426	17.2	38	75
31/03/20		£1,102	£995	£107	£32	£1,311	£1,298	15.7	44	75
31/03/19		£909	£912	£-3	£17	£1,210	£1,204	15.8	42	80
31/03/18		£917	£906	£11	£13	£1,211	£1,196	15.8	40	0
31/03/17		£832	£829	£3	£12	£1,205	£1,197	17.3	39	0
31/03/16		£784	£772	£12	£10	£1,191	£1,191	18.5	41	0
31/03/15		£812	£781	£30	£63	£1,185	£1,185	18.2	42	0
31/03/14	*	£749	£782	£-33	£61	£1,148	£1,148	17.6	38	0
31/03/13	*	£761	£775	£-14	£56	£1,178	£1,178	18.2	42	0
31/03/12	*	£774	£788	£-14	£54	£1,174	£1,174	17.9	44	0
31/03/11		£712	£771	£-60	£79	£1,211	£1,211	18.8	46	0
31/03/10		£660	£788	£-128	£68	£1,245	£1,245	19	47	0
31/03/09	*	£669	£768	£-99	£59	£1,231	£1,231	19.2	48	0
31/03/08	*	£624	£735	£-111	£55	£1,539	£1,539	25.1	43	0
31/03/07	*	£611	£711	£-100	£52	£1,682	£1,682	28.4	41	0
31/03/06	*	£555	£711	£-156	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£906	£586	£320	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£578	£673	£-95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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

Essex Community Foundation	£64,925
Masonic Trust	£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend In Sight
£8,000	12/05/2022	towards running costs of an organisation supporting individuals with sight loss or impairment in Southend
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend In Sight
£40,000	02/08/2021 24	to increase the support over two years to the visually impaired community living in Mid and South Essex who have been adversely affected by COVID19 pandemic
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£30,000	26/05/2021	A grant to support older people with visual impairments in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend In Sight
£2,000	12/03/2021	To support individuals and their families who are blind or partially sighted in Southend and the surrounding areas.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend In Sight
£1,425	26/02/2021	to provide instruction on safety in the home for older visually impaired people in the Southend area
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	21/08/2020	Talk & Support Funding
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
£1,928	22/05/2020	COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a sight loss charity working with visually impaired people in Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Emergency Funding for Talk & Support
£10,000	15/05/2020 7	The funding will be used to provide a remote support service for people living with visual impairment and enable the charity to continue running during the coronavirus pandemic.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
£10,000	01/05/2020	towards staff costs of an organisation supporting blind and visually impaired people in Southend during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
£3,500	16/09/2019	To support individuals and their families who are blind or partially sighted in Southend and the surrounding areas.
Essex Community Foundation - Refurbishment of our Quiet Room
£1,000	25/04/2019	Towards the refurbishment of a quiet room for people and their families coming to terms with sight loss
Essex Community Foundation - Funding towards the coordination of a programme of activities for visually impaired people.
£3,500	21/02/2019 11	Towards the co-ordination of a programme of activities for visually impaired people in the Southend and surrounding areas
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
£5,000	09/10/2018	To support individuals and their families who are blind or partially sighted in Southend and the surrounding areas.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	26/09/2018	Funding for Southend in Sight - the Community Services Division of Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
Essex Community Foundation - Funding towards Training and Development Manager's Post
£5,000	29/06/2018 12	To part fund the post of a Training and Development Manager at a charity supporting visually impaired people in the Southend area
Essex Community Foundation - Funding towards our Equipment and Information Centre refurbishment
£3,000	15/03/2018 2	Towards the refurbishment of an Equipment and Information Centre supporting the independence of people with visionary impairments
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving facilities to provide visually impaired people access
£9,920	13/09/2017 12	This project will move a valuable facility to the front of the building, to better meet the needs of people with visual impairment.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
£5,000	04/09/2017	To support individuals and their families who are blind or partially sighted in Southend and the surrounding areas.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	20/06/2017	Core funding for Community Services
Essex Community Foundation - Funding towards Training and Development Manager's post
£8,000	18/04/2017 12	To part fund the post of a Training and Development Manager at a charity supporting visually impaired people in the Southend area
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
£4,000	24/10/2016	To support individuals and their families who are blind or partially sighted in Southend and the surrounding areas.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-83

CLARE LOUISE MC LEWIN Appointed: 2019

D E WACOGNE, Occupation: Surveyor

JEREMY DAVENPORT Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solicitor

PHILIP GEORGE WARBURTON Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: THE MERCURY FOUNDATION,

PENELOPE JANE HEFFERAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lived Experience Officer

RUSSELL OWEN CABLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Administration Officer

STEPHANIE COOPER Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Administrator

SALLY DAVIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Head Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/1998, number: 1069765
Registered at Companies House on 28/04/1998, number: 03554422

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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; AR21: 1 days late, AR14: 3 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR12: 6 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 2 days late, AR07: 114 days late, AR06: 368 days late, AR05: 51 days late, AR04: 32 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from JOHN MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL FUND on 24/11/2021

Main office

117 Hamlet Court Road
Westcliff on Sea
Essex
SS0 7ES

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PRIMARILY IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, AND IN ADJOINING AND ADJACENT AREAS TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS ARE CONDUCIVE OR ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, AND IN ADJOINING AND ADJACENT AREAS.

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