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ANDOVER VIPS

Established: 24 years

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/10/22		£6	£11	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/21		£11	£6	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/10/20		£4	£8	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/19	*	£20	£18	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/10/18		£16	£27	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
31/10/17		£23	£20	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£16	£18	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£16	£18	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£34	£21	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£23	£18	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£24	£27	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£44	£43	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£27	£34	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£43	£34	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08?		£22	£39	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£37	£24	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£28	£20	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£8	£10	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Hampshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Andover VIPs
£3,300	31/08/2019 12	towards one year's salary of a part-time secretary at a project providing advice, information and support to visually impaired people in Andover and surrounding villages
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Andover VIPs
£5,000	05/12/2013	towards one year's running costs of an organisation that provides activities, befriending services and support to people with visual impairments in Hampshire

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/07/2000, number: 1081614

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 1 days late,

Main office

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR WHO HAVE A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT SUITABLE FOR THOSE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO WISH TO UNDERTAKE TRAINING COURSES, AND BY PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE, SUSSEX, SURREY, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE.

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