Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 11

CHESTER & DISTRICT FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

The organisation exists to promote social inclusion amongst blind and partially sighted people who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of being blind or partially sighted.

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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: 14 years

www.cdfb.co.uk

info@cdfb.co.uk

0151 538 9698

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
31/12/22		£268	£134	£134	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/12/21		£223	£130	£92	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/12/20		£230	£110	£121	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/12/19	*	£133	£103	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	195
31/12/18		£112	£98	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	195
31/12/17		£128	£83	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£126	£86	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£156	£69	£87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£123	£69	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£113	£69	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£74	£73	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£56	£40	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£75	£43	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire West & Chester, Flintshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Tea for Two
£10,000	24/09/2021	The funding will be used to hold afternoon tea and entertainment events for blind or partially sighted people along with anyone who is experiencing loneliness where members of the community will be ....more The funding will be used to hold afternoon tea and entertainment events for blind or partially sighted people along with anyone who is experiencing loneliness where members of the community will be provided with the opportunity to get together and socialise with the aim of developing confidence and reducing isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Crisis Grant -At your door
£20,000	15/05/2020	The project aims to tackle social exclusion amongst blind and partially sighted people. Funding will enable the group to offer an ‘at your door’ service for new and old beneficiaries consisting ....more The project aims to tackle social exclusion amongst blind and partially sighted people. Funding will enable the group to offer an ‘at your door’ service for new and old beneficiaries consisting of food delivery shopping and delivering essential items and a telephone befriending service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Film For All (Soup, Sarnies and Cinema)
£9,562	13/12/2018 12	The project aims to provide opportunities for visually impaired people to come together, helping to reduce social isolation. The funding will be used to run a film club for people who are blind or ....more The project aims to provide opportunities for visually impaired people to come together, helping to reduce social isolation. The funding will be used to run a film club for people who are blind or partially sighted. The money will be used for audio descriptive equipment, large screen TV and TV stand on wheels.
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessible Entrance
£10,000	04/10/2017 12	The project will build a new entrance to their centre for visually impaired people, which will improve access to the venue.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Chester and District Federation of the Blind
£20,000	24/10/2016	refurbishment of building for a charity which works with visual impaired individuals in Cheshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Eyesolation Breaker New Roof
£10,000	20/04/2016 12	The organisation will use funding to install a new roof on their newly acquired building. This will enable the group to provide a series of events and activities for blind and partially sighted ....more The organisation will use funding to install a new roof on their newly acquired building. This will enable the group to provide a series of events and activities for blind and partially sighted members of the community, in a safe and dry environment, with the aim of reducing isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - MobileEyes
£10,000	14/02/2013 12	This is a project by a charity in Cheshire. The organisation will use the funding to purchase a people carrier which they will use to transport blind or visually impaired people to community ....more This is a project by a charity in Cheshire. The organisation will use the funding to purchase a people carrier which they will use to transport blind or visually impaired people to community activities and events in their area. This will enable beneficiaries to have access to social activities and interact more freely with their peers.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Chester and District Federation of the Blind
£20,000	24/11/2011	the salary of the Volunteer Coordinator

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

DR MANMOHAN BHAKOO

GLENYS LEWIS SALMON Appointed: 2015

JILL WHITMORE Appointed: 2013

JOYCE JONES

JON BHARGARVA Appointed: 2018

LINDA CONSTANT BUTT

SUSAN TOWELL Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/12/2009, number: 1133300

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR19: 17 days late,

Main office

Unit 37
Rosscliffe Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 3AS

Objectives

THE ORGANISATION EXISTS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST BLIND ANDPARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTSOF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED BY:(A) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING BLIND ANDPARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIRSOCIAL EXCLUSION;(B) PROVIDING ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT TO BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTEDPEOPLE;(C) ENABLING AND ENCOURAGING BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE TOSEEK TO INFLUENCE LOCAL BODIES, SUCH AS COUNCILS, HEALTH ANDEDUCATION AUTHORITIES, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REQUIREMENTS OFBLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLINDAND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE THROUGH SERVICE PROVISION AND OTHERMECHANISMS;(E) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE BLINDAND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE TO MAXIMISE THEIR EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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