Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

USEFUL VISION 

Useful Vision aims to create positive opportunities for visually impaired children and their families. We do this by running events & activities, educational courses and by offering information & family support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 19 years

www.usefulvision.org.uk

info@usefulvision.org.uk

07703 494947

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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
31/12/22£76£107£-31n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/21£89£67£22n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/20£69£49£20n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£98£106£-8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/18£127£81£46£0£0£0n/a020
31/12/17£97£79£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£76£75£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£81£96£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£78£90£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£64£84£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£91£80£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£72£75£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£68£59£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£23£22£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£17£12£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£25£8£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£36£7£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£4£0£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
BBC Children in Need£125,160
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£15,470
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£10,553
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£6,490
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Living; Healthy Eating
£10,000 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to run accessible sporting activities and living skills sessions for children with sight loss across the North East. Activities include outdoor adventure outdoor swimming ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Useful Vision
£2,539 22/10/2022
We wish to run a group for parents and carers of children with sight loss to give them a place to concentrate on their own health and wellbeing in a supportive peer group setting.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Useful Vision
£10,553 17/06/2022
Volunteer co-ordinator
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Useful Vision
£1,500 24/03/2022
The Tyne and Wear High Sheriff District Award (Newcastle)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Useful Vision
£750 20/01/2022
Independent living skills training for visually impaired young people
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Useful Vision
£5,000 16/12/2021
Running a programme of accessible sporting activities for visually impaired children in Northumberland and Newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Active & Be Creative
£10,000 20/08/2021
The funding will be used to run a programme of creative and physical activities for children with sight loss across the North East including drama dance and yoga sessions. This aims to provide a peer ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Useful Vision
£8,220 12/08/2021
A series of fully accessible activities for visually impaired children and young people including cookery, horse riding and sports sessions using a range of local facilities and venues in ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 27/09/2020
"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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Useful Vision
£3,951 15/11/2019
We want to fund a youth group for visually impaired young people, to provide them with the skills they need to transition to adulthood.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Useful Vision
£125,160 26/06/2019
36
This project will deliver accessible opportunities and activities to Vision Impaired children and their families, in the North East region, so that children learn new skills and make new friends.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - For work that promotes the social inclusion of young visually impaired people in Tyne & Wear
£5,000 12/03/2019
For work that promotes the social inclusion of young visually impaired people in Tyne & Wear
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Useful Vision
£30,600 21/09/2018
36
Volunteer co-ordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Development Project
£8,057 17/05/2018
12
The group will provide support to young people with sight loss and disabilities to develop employment skills through volunteering opportunities, preparing them for their transition to adulthood.
County Durham Community Foundation - Activities for visually impaired children in County Durham
£4,500 10/04/2018
To support activities for visually impaired children in County Durham.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Drama Summer School for vision impaired children and siblings
£3,450 29/01/2018
Drama Summer School for vision impaired children and siblings
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Useful Vision
£2,749 29/11/2017
We want to run more accessible activities for blind and partially sighted children, encouraging them to feel confident and make friends.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Volunteer coordinator
£4,000 16/05/2017
Volunteer coordinator
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Drama Summer School for vision impaired children and siblings.
£4,350 23/02/2017
Towards Drama Summer School for vision impaired children and siblings.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Summer activities for VI (visually impaired) children
£3,250 18/02/2016
Towards Summer activities for VI (visually impaired) children
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Useful Vision
£20,000 24/02/2012
the salary of the Information Officer
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-62
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2005, number: 1108824
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/12/2004, number: 05312269
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR14: 23 days late, AR06: 8 days late,
Main office

USEFUL VISION
West Woodfoot Farm
Slaley
HEXHAM
NE47 0DF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO RELIEVE SICK AND DISABLED CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHILDREN WITH BLINDNESS, VISION IMPAIRMENT AND/OR CANCER AND TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF RESPITE, RECUPERATIVE OR HOSPICE CARE, GRANTS, HOLIDAYS, EQUIPMENT, RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE ACTIVITIES, TRIPS, OUTINGS, AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR OR DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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