Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

METRO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB OF VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE 

Metro provides people with a vision impairment in the Greater London area with a range of sporting and social activities and opportunities, giving them the means to mix with sighted people with a view to improving understanding of the needs of people with sight, and to provide, where possible, some form of financial assistance to its members to enable them to participate fully in sporting events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 10 years

www.metroblindsport.org

amanda.green@metroblindsport.org

07790102147

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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£130£198£-67n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/22£195£228£-33n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£272£169£103n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£290£278£12n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£212£227£-15n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£245£206£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£172£174£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£157£173£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£121£137£-16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 75 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
London Borough of Southwark£81,653
Vision Foundation£68,837
National Lottery Community Fund£9,935
Sport England£5,520
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Vision Foundation - Fighting Loneliness and Isolation for VI people in London through Activity
£24,947 13/12/2023
Metro will create and implement an activity programme for VI people in London to fight loneliness and isolation. The programme will revolve around a calendar of 12 low intensity, high impact ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£26,711 31/03/2022
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Vision Foundation - Online home-based and in-person community-based dance programme for young VI people and adults from the Asian community
£43,890 10/03/2021
This project targets blind and partially sighted young people and adults from the Asian community to be active through dance. This project will support those disproportionately impacted by Covid-19, ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£2,530 24/11/2020
11
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Bowls project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund
£2,990 23/07/2020
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund. This project is a Lawn Tennis project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Seeing the benefit of exercise
£9,935 22/04/2020
8
The funding will be used to deliver exercise sessions. The project aims to provide promote and develop opportunities for people who are visually impaired to lead healthier lifestyles.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£26,711 01/04/2020
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to METRO
£3,500 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 2 grant from the Finance & Governance department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£24,731 01/04/2019
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£24,731 01/04/2018
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£15,575 01/04/2017
Youth grant Apr-Sept 2017 grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£12,365 01/04/2017
Youth and play grant Oct-March grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Metro
£31,150 01/04/2016
Youth service - main grant grant from the Environment & Leisure department
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2014, number: 1158098
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

5 Mead Road
Uxbridge
UB8 1AU

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, PRIMARILY RESIDENT IN GREATER LONDON, WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, RECREATIONAL ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT, THE CIO TRUSTEE POWERS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:(1) TO PROVIDE VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE WITH AS WIDE A RANGE OF FULFILLING SPORT AS POSSIBLE. 2) TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS. (3) TO PROVIDE THE MEANS - THROUGH SPORTING AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES - OF MIXING WITH SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING AND THE INTEGRATION OF VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY. (4) TO PROVIDE, WHERE POSSIBLE, SOME FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ITS MEMBERS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN SOMETIMES COSTLY EVENTS. (5) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS SHALL FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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