Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 12

WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SIGHT AID

We provide support to people living with sight loss across the Wakefield District. We do this through a variety of practical and wider wellbeing services, including home visits, Demonstration and Advice events, and a programme of community outreach designed to bring people together for friendship and support. We work closely with colleagues at Wakefield Council and a variety of other partners.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	£80	£75	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/12/21	£56	£74	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/20	£73	£71	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/19	£57	£83	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/12/18	£47	£91	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	14
31/12/17	£131	£70	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£37	£75	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£40	£54	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£34	£47	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£87	£42	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£31	£39	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£161	£47	£113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.wdsa.org.uk

admin@wdsa.org.uk

01924215555

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Wakefield,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
16 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

Leeds Community Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Nova Wakefield	£7,963
DCMS	£7,500
CAF	£4,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Nova Wakefield - Grant to Wakefield District Sight Aid
£7,963	23/05/2023	Wakefield District Sight Aid’s community outreach programme tackles the social isolation, loneliness and poor mental health commonly experienced by people with sight loss and has been a vital part ....more Wakefield District Sight Aid’s community outreach programme tackles the social isolation, loneliness and poor mental health commonly experienced by people with sight loss and has been a vital part of the organisation’s service offering for many years. This includes:Provision of a telephone helpline 4 days a week. Three monthly talk and support coffee mornings and a monthly younger members’ social group. Social events and trips. A volunteer-led telephone befriending service. One-to-one support on a variety of sight loss related matters, including ordering and issuing assistive equipment.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Wakefield District Sight Aid
£500	12/01/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,500	25/09/2020	"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."
CAF - Grant to Wakefield District Sight Aid
£4,200	26/06/2020 3	Grant to Wakefield District Sight Aid to support the organisation through COVID19
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000	24/04/2020	Grant to Wakefield District Sight Aid
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Outreach Project
£10,000	11/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver social support and befriending for people across the community with impaired vision, with the aim of reducing loneliness and isolation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wakefield District Sight Aid
£5,412	29/11/2017	We want to buy equipment starter packs and expand social and information events for visual impaired people across Wakefield.

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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: 23-69

JENNEFER BRIDGET LOCKYER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired Teacher

NEIL NEWTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ROSS SOUTHALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed

SARAH LOUISE SHOOTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Development - Theatre Royal Wakefield

LUKE BENJAMIN SCHOLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed

STEPHEN JOHN KIRK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Director, Other trusteeship: VISION SUPPORT HARROGATE DISTRICT,

ANDREW CHRISTOPHER QUINN PATTERSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: DANIEL GASKELL FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2011, number: 1140483
Registered at Companies House on 08/11/2010, number: 07432897

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

35 Peterson Road
WAKEFIELD
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW, OR HEREAFTER MAY BE, DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, WITHIN THE WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WAKEFIELD

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