Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

SURREY ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT 

Sight for Surrey (the trading name for Surrey Association for Visual Impairment) works with people who are vision impaired, Deaf, Hard of Hearing or who have combined sight and hearing loss. The charity has provided support to vision impaired people since 1922, and those with combined sight and hearing loss since 1993. It began to deliver services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in February 2016.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 16 years

www.sightforsurrey.org.uk

info@sightforsurrey.org.uk

01372377701

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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
31/03/23£2,897£2,795£102£25£1,644£1,5556.7120115
31/03/22£2,465£2,482£-17£207£1,603£1,5257.4118110
31/03/21£2,665£2,342£323£100£1,561£1,5167.8115120
31/03/20£2,453£2,473£-19£115£1,146£1,1365.5115125
31/03/19£2,374£2,501£-127£102£1,222£1,2195.8108125
31/03/18£2,452£2,408£45£0£1,323£1,3196.61080
31/03/17£2,423£2,381£42£0£1,290£1,2846.51090
31/03/16£1,740£1,952£-212£0£1,153£1,1537.11010
31/03/15£1,855£1,857£-2£9£346£3292.1420
31/03/14£1,613£1,754£-141£7£688£6564.5530
31/03/13£1,576£1,590£-15£6£898£8676.5440
31/03/12£1,583£1,550£33£8£1,009£9727.5430
31/03/11£1,635£1,291£344£7£1,209£1,12910.5440
31/03/10£1,622£1,587£35£6£1,803£1,69312.8440
31/03/09£1,405£1,677£-272£13£1,660£1,54411.1370

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 120 employees
  • 115 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£450,454
Vision Foundation£100,000
Community Foundation for Surrey£93,896
BBC Children in Need£31,058
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sight for Surrey
£2,829 22/10/2022
We want to pay an external counsellor to work with vision-impaired children and young people, their parents and siblings to support their mental health needs as they arise.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Eye Clinic Liaison
£1,000 19/10/2022
Funding towards the costs of providing a liaison service helping people to access the support they need as a result of visual impairment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Living without Barriers
£344,598 15/07/2022
This funding will enable Sight for Surrey to deliver practical and emotional support to people who are blind or partially sighted Deaf deafblind or hard of hearing across Surrey. They will deliver an ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Living without Barriers - Counselling for visually impaired children and young people
£3,000 24/01/2022
11
Funding towards counselling costs for children and young people with sight and hearing loss.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sight for Surrey
£2,720 23/10/2021
We would like to provide a range of recreational and life-skills opportunities for deaf people aged 18-35, to enable them to participate in activities alongside others who have a similar disability.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Redhill Communications Class
£1,500 04/08/2021
Funding towards free communications classes for people with sight or hearing loss, in Redhill.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Living without Barriers
£49,300 28/06/2021
23
Funding toward 2 full time and 1 part time salaried roles for an organisation that supports people that have severe issues with their sight or hearing.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£5,000 06/05/2021
11
Funding toward a befriending telephone service by an organisation, based in Leatherhead that works across Surrey, that offers their services and expertise to people with hearing or sight impairments, ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£18,696 28/07/2020
4
Funding to support existing and expanding services of a charity helping people with sight and hearing difficulties
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
£2,000 17/06/2020
COVID19 - Activities and support for young people with sight loss experiencing isolation due to COVID-19. The support will help increase independence.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
£29,058 28/05/2020
36
This project will provide weekend activity sessions and a residential for children and young people who are visually impaired. The activities will help to increase independence, improve their social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sight for Surrey Covid-19 Funding
£96,000 26/05/2020
9
Sight for Surrey will use funding £96000 to continue its work supporting deaf and blind people. The funding will be used on a mix of project work and core costs and will cover six project areas ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - People with Disabilities
£4,600 17/04/2020
IT and phones costs to support people with sight and hearing loss, during the Coronavirus pandemic
Vision Foundation - Transition grant offered at end of membership structure
£90,000 11/03/2020
Transition grant offered at end of membership structure (core funding for 3 years)
Vision Foundation - Today Matters for Tomorrow
£10,000 04/03/2020
To run the 'Today Matters for Tomorrow' Project which involves providing ECLO support, benefits advice and making materials available for other organisations on how to support blind and partially ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Eye Clinic Liaison Officer
£5,800 16/10/2019
11
Eye Clinic Liaison Service funding for a charity which supports those with sight impairment.
National Lottery Community Fund - British Sign Language interpreting
£9,856 22/08/2019
12
British Sign Language interpreting
Community Foundation for Surrey - Grant to Sight for Surrey
£5,000 18/07/2019
Support for adults with mental and physical handicaps to return to work.
Vision Foundation - Greater London Fund for the Blind Member 2019-2020
£22,400 01/04/2019
12
Greater London Fund for the Blind, member distribution 2019-2020 (core funding)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
£75,300 23/10/2018
36
One to one and group activities for 108 visually/multi-sensory impaired children and young people age 0-18. Sessions build skills and confidence to empower young people, be more independent, and keep ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Today and Tomorrow
£319,015 01/10/2018
36
This project supports people with visual impairment and/or sight loss. It will use the funding to set up a parent-led support group as part of its Family Support Worker strand, ensuring the support ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sight for Surrey
£3,129 29/11/2017
We want to provide inclusion activities for children and young people who have a vision impairment or a combined sight/hearing loss.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
£29,061 10/05/2017
36
Monthly activity sessions for 271 children & young people with visual impairment in Surrey. Attending the sessions will reduce young people's isolation, improve their peer relationships and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-73
  • ADAM SCARROTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Payments Policy Director
  • STEVEN WHERRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Pensions Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2007, number: 1121949
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/07/2007, number: 06309405
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
15 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WEYSIGHT on 18/10/2023
Main office

Sight for Surrey
Rentwood
School Lane
Fetcham
LEATHERHEAD
KT22 9JX

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH SENSORY IMPAIRMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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