Overall GiG Score: -6 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified

THE PRISON OPTICIANS TRUST 

Training people in optical skills to eventually gain meaningful employment.
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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: 9 years

01622674670

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£100£226£-126n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£235£29£206n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£186£50£137n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£99£49£50n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£26£117£-91n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£677£719£-42£0£163£1632.730
31/03/17£597£487£110£0£205£2055.120
31/03/16£275£180£95£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Pen Optical Trust - 1
£90,120 10/03/2016
36
To support optometry training for offenders and secure opportunities for employment upon release from prison.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/01/2015, number: 1159896
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

County House
35 Earl Street
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1PF

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN OPTICS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLYEXCLUDED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS PEOPLE WITH: A CRIMINAL RECORD; A DISABILITY; OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FIND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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