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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SIGHT SUPPORT WORTHING

Promoting and enhancing the independence and wellbeing of visually impaired people. Including events, clubs & classes, assistive tech, counselling and advisory services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£207£419£-211n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£352£275£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£114£201£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£122£219£-97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£174£231£-57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£133£208£-75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£138£192£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£270£162£109n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£148£154£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£460£150£310n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£136£184£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£111£272£-161n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£132£275£-144n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£129£244£-115n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£360£256£103n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£223£523£-300n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£693£668£25£4£3,576£3,56064180
31/03/06£543£578£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£499£541£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£468£542£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.sightsupportworthing.org.uk

info@sightsupportworthing.org.uk

01903235782

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sight Support Worthing
£3,000 26/07/2023
Funding was provided to make the charity building more energy efficient.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sight Support Worthing
£2,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided to introduce a lunch club for their visually impaired and blind members.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Worthing Society for the Blind
£55,000 23/11/2015
A Journey in Time - a history of the sight-impaired community in Worthing

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-75
  • ADIL SIGANPORIA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • ANN-MARIE BLACKMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • CHERRY CHRISTINA WARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • KELLY O'HAIRE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo
  • LINDSEY JANE TUNBRIDGE-ADAMS Appointed: 2023
  • NEIL CLARKE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/1999, number: 1078504
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/1999, number: 03818652
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

48 Rowlands Road
Worthing
BN11 3JT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED LIVING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF WORTHING

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORTHING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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