Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

4SIGHT VISION SUPPORT 

4Sight provides about 5000 vision impaired people with information, guidance & on-going support to promote independence & prevent social isolation following sight loss. We help people to access advice, equipment, skills & services needed to improve health & wellbeing, build confidence & participate actively in their community and family life.4Sight also campaigns to remove barriers to inclusion
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
  • 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
31/03/23£350£387£-37n/an/an/an/an/a207
31/03/22£365£424£-60n/an/an/an/an/a206
31/03/21£423£399£25n/an/an/an/an/a206
31/03/20£357£519£-161n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/03/19£369£555£-186n/an/an/an/an/a307
31/03/18£417£475£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£997£441£557£100£1,148£1,06929.1110
31/03/16£516£400£116£106£591£57917.4110
31/03/15£471£387£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£385£393£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£464£530£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£429£610£-180£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£620£670£-51£162£758£71012.7160
31/03/10£668£692£-23£151£809£76513.3170
31/03/09£520£673£-154£209£832£76113.6170
31/03/08£751£686£65£189£986£94116.5160
31/03/07£1,350£681£668£185£921£62010.9140
31/03/06£522£573£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£657£553£105£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£495£506£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.4sight.org.uk

enquiries@4sight.org.uk

01243838006

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 207 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
DCMS£45,410
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
National Lottery Community Fund£29,810
Sussex Community Foundation£24,411
Masonic Trust£15,000
WCIT Charity£9,784
Power to Change£8,000
Dunhill Medical Trust£7,390
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£1,182 21/10/2023
Through tailored one-to-one support we'd like to enable people with sight loss to live independently, feel less isolated, have better mental wellbeing and improve confidence.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to 4 Sight Vision Support
£5,000 19/05/2023
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 14/10/2022
Coming out of Covid - improving the health and wellbeing of people with sight loss
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£5,000 11/03/2022
Funding was provided towards a ‘Starting Well’ Vision Support Advocate for Children and Young People (aged 0-29).
Power to Change - 4Sight Vision Support (PU)
£8,000 20/01/2022
Grant to 4Sight Vision Support (PU)
WCIT Charity - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£9,784 24/11/2021
Funding for supporting visually impaired people in West Sussex to use accessible technology.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£2,177 23/10/2021
We will provide support through our online tech club to address specific needs e.g. accessing food shopping and online banking.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Buddies
£9,950 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to employ a volunteer coordinator to expand the group's capacity to support people with visual impairments. The project aims to support health and wellbeing in the wake of ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - 4Sight Vision Support - 12/03/21
£1,250 17/03/2021
Core Funding
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£5,000 18/11/2020
12
Funding was provided for a staff costs of a living well co-ordinator.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£5,000 14/10/2020
4Sight Vision Support aim to make a positive difference to people living with sight loss by providing support, advice, advocacy and training. Funding is for employing an Accessible Tech Officer to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 25/09/2020
Centenary4Sight- Core funding to help us reach our 100th year in 2021
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,410 08/07/2020
"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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to 4SIGHT
£4,411 15/06/2020
4Sight provides vision impaired people with information, guidance & on-going support to promote independence & prevent social isolation following sight loss. Visually impaired members had ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 02/06/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to 4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind)
£5,000 01/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with people with sight loss in West Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - 4SVS Covid Response- 4SIGHT
£9,868 15/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver Talk and Support sessions along with technology advice sessions and daily living aid support to visually impaired people . The project aims to reduce isolation ....more
Dunhill Medical Trust - Laptops and equipment for the enhanced Telephone Befriending Contact & Support Service
£4,630 24/03/2020
6
Capability support to adapt services in light of COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - MOT4Sight
£9,992 24/01/2020
12
The project ill use funding to cover the salary of a Project Officer and team of volunteers to deliver the MOT4Sight service, which is a detailed assessment of the needs of an individual following a ....more
Dunhill Medical Trust - Strategy support
£2,760 28/11/2019
12
Develop and implement a Fundraising Strategy for the Centenary4Sight campaign
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect4Sight
£74,404 28/02/2019
30
This project empowers visually impaired people in West Sussex to lead an independent, inclusive and fulfilling life after sight loss diagnosis. The project will use funding reach more people in new ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to 4Sight Vision Support
£4,500 16/11/2018
12
Funding was provided to support the costs of a trained sight loss outreach worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Seeing 360
£9,808 21/06/2018
12
The projects aims to support visually impaired people into a dedicated sight loss pathway after initial diagnosis. The group will guide individuals into aftercare and wellbeing support.
Dunhill Medical Trust - Project 360
£37,568 18/06/2018
36
The creation and implementation of a sight loss care pathway for older people who are visually impaired in West Sussex
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to 4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind)
£15,000 23/10/2017
Refurbishment for a charity which works with people with visual impairment in Bognor Regis
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 13/07/2017
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 58-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/1999, number: 1075447
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/03/1999, number: 03740647
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ARUN TRANSPORT FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED on 04/09/2019
Main office

Victoria Drive
Bognor Regis
West Sussex
PO21 2TE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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