Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

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

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 21

LOOK NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FAMILIES WITH VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN

Helpline: provides information & advice on issue relating to VI and offer emotional supportFamily Events: national and regional Look MagazineHoliday flat for VI families OutLOOK Youth Project: events and activities initiated and run by young people with the aim of making connections, developing skills, increasing confidence and self esteem. Audio magazine: produced by young people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£453	£377	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£324	£285	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£203	£203	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£250	£279	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£452	£201	£251	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£187	£113	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£118	£69	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£50	£50	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£52	£52	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£94	£113	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£84	£105	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£275	£131	£144	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.look-uk.org

administration@look-uk.org

07464 351958

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Vision Foundation - LOOK LONDON OFFICER
£30,000	13/12/2023	The core purpose is to reduce isolation and tackle barriers faced by VI young people and their families living in London.
Vision Foundation - National Resilience
£10,000	13/12/2023	Core funding
Herefordshire Community Foundation - LOOK HERE
£10,000	21/12/2022	Grant to LOOK UK
Herefordshire Community Foundation - LOOK Hereford Family Network
£10,000	05/07/2022	Grant to LOOK UK
Vision Foundation - London Mentor Project
£20,000	09/03/2022 12	We plan to help a community of 30 mentors (adults with sight loss who may or may not be in employment), and 40 mentees (younger peers living with sight loss) living in London through a structured mentoring and support programme that will be ....more We plan to help a community of 30 mentors (adults with sight loss who may or may not be in employment), and 40 mentees (younger peers living with sight loss) living in London through a structured mentoring and support programme that will be delivered onli
Vision Foundation - Look Mentoring Project
£14,850	04/03/2020	Mentoring project officer to run the Look mentoring programme in London. The programme aims to support visually impaired young people.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to LOOK National Federation for Families with Visually Impaired Children
£34,900	29/10/2012	the salary and on costs (including travel expenses) of the Youth Development Officer

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-90

ALISON RAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant

CHRISTOPHER NOEL MACKWORTH JAMES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

DR MICHAEL WOLFFE (Chair), Occupation: Optometrist

NICHOLAS BOWEN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Queens Counsel

SARA OSMAN ELNUSAIRI Appointed: 2024

SIMON DAVID MORRIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Asst Head Student Support

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2011, number: 1140471
Registered at Companies House on 13/10/2010, number: 07406571

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
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

12 returns made; AR16: 44 days late,

Main office

THE FRED BULMER CENTRE
WALL STREET
HEREFORD
HR4 9HP

Objectives

TO FACILITATE PARENTS' GROUPS AND PARENTS IN ENHANCING THE EDUCATION, WELFARE ANDLEISURE OPPORTUNITIES OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN,TO PROMOTE THE CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES, BOTH STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY, PROVIDED BYPARENT GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS RELATING TO VISUAL IMPAIRMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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