Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 13

BURY SOCIETY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED

To promote the wellbeing of blind and partially sighted people in Bury, Greater Manchester and surrounding areas..

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 20 years

www.buryblindsociety.org

admin@buryblindsociety.org

01617637014

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		£198	£186	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£180	£168	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/21		£183	£166	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/20		£196	£204	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19		£191	£174	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/18		£175	£162	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£178	£131	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£153	£153	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£169	£178	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£220	£189	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£201	£173	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£206	£193	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£218	£169	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£170	£135	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£134	£139	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£128	£119	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£119	£129	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£117	£136	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£122	£122	£0	£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 services

Where it operates

Bury, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
DCMS	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£5,052
Forever Manchester	£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£2,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bury Blind Society Running Costs
£10,000	24/02/2023	The funding will be used to cover the core running costs of the service which provides support and social inclusion to people living with sight loss. The project aims to ensure the group can remain ....more The funding will be used to cover the core running costs of the service which provides support and social inclusion to people living with sight loss. The project aims to ensure the group can remain open and provide a warm building for tailored accessible and inclusive activities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bury Society for Blind & Partially Sighted People
£2,370	22/10/2022	We aim to develop and offer a four-week course to people who have both sight and hearing loss to help cope with the challenges these conditions present to mental health, loneliness and isolation.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted People
£2,400	12/10/2022	refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Manchester
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - BURY SOCIETY FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE - 01/11/21
£1,250	08/12/2021	Core Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	23/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Forever Manchester - Bury VI Link
£5,000	22/05/2020	Shopping and essentials support and provision of audio information
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	07/05/2020	Bury VI Link
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bury Society for Blind & Partially Sighted People
£2,682	15/11/2019	We want to provide practical support for families of people with visual impairment, equipping all to face the challenges of sight loss.
National Lottery Community Fund - Social Matters
£10,000	16/10/2019 12	Social Matters
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,889	20/12/2018	Focused work co-designing how they could use their space in the evenings for blind and partially-sighted young people
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,889	20/12/2018	Focused work co-designing how they could use their space in the evenings for blind and partially-sighted young people
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted People
£14,050	17/02/2016 12	funding will allow the charity to develop a Pilot project supporting visually impaired adults to access volunteering opportunities with a view to re-entering the job market

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-82

DIANE HELEN WEBB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

CATHERINE HARROP Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Owner

DEBORAH ANN PODMORE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

JAMES JOHN SWEENEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Manager

JOAN GRIMSHAW Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor

TRACEY MARNO (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Housewife

BARRY GRIGG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

HEATHER KIMBERLEY WOODHOUSE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Programme Director, Population Health & Integrated

MUHAMMAD IQBAL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Hr And Quality Specialist

MICHAEL WHITE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2004, number: 1102525
Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2003, number: 04815165

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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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
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

19 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 111 days late, AR11: 29 days late, AR10: 18 days late, AR09: 19 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 86 days late,

Main office

WOLSTENHOLME HOUSE
4 TENTERDEN STREET
BURY
LANCASHIRE
BL9 0EG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS IN BURY, LANCASHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BURY, LANCASHIRE

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