Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

CROYDON VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND 

Everything we do is focused on transforming lives, the journey from dependence to living independently.We do this through our personal development programmes for blind and partially sighted people in Croydon.Our three organisational aims: to deliver practical support, improve services and to raise awareness of sight loss.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£734£735£-1£60£1,543£540.91348
31/03/22£512£853£-340£10£1,545£4896.91137
31/03/21£532£565£-33£8£1,885£77716.51442
31/03/20£558£515£43£35£1,918£685161446
31/03/19£583£435£148£18£1,876£63917.61255
31/03/18?£236£341£-105£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 8 years

www.croydonvision.org.uk

info@croydonvision.org.uk

02086882486

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 48 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
National Lottery Community Fund£418,440
City Bridge Trust£128,987
Vision Foundation£96,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£64,000
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Croydon Vision Community Events 2023 - Connecting Croydon
£10,000 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to run two events including an afternoon tea to celebrate the King's Coronation for people with sight loss. The project aims to to bring people together from the sight loss ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind (Aka Croydon Vision)
£101,100 17/11/2022
24
£101,100 over two years (£53,200; £47,900) towards the organisation’s core programmes to reach and support the Lost 500 people with sight loss in Croydon.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind
£5,167 22/10/2022
We would like to provide practical therapy for people who have lost their sight. We improve confidence, life skills and social connectivity, and provide support and wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/07/2022
Changing How We See
National Lottery Community Fund - The Lost 500
£398,440 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to extend a holistic wraparound service to a cohort of around 500 sight impaired people in Croydon who have had limited engagement with statutory and voluntary support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Tech Zone
£10,000 14/01/2022
The funding will be used to establish a technology hub for people living with visual impairments. The project aims to create an accessible space to enhance skillsets provide learning opportunities ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind
£64,000 30/11/2021
refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting people who are visually impaired in London
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind
£50,000 10/06/2021
Lift installation to increase the charity’s use of its premises
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind (Aka Croydon Vision)
£27,887 22/05/2020
A grant of £27,887 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Vision Foundation - Transition grant offered at end of membership structure
£90,000 11/03/2020
Transition grant offered at end of membership structure (core funding for 3 years)
Vision Foundation - Seeing Beyond the Eyes workshops
£6,000 25/09/2019
12
To run Seeing Beyond the Eyes workshops for Eye health professionals to enable them to be aware of the need to refer to other services.
Vision Foundation - Greater London Fund for the Blind Member 2019-2020
£22,400 01/04/2019
12
Greater London Fund for the Blind, member distribution 2019-2020 (core funding)
National Lottery Community Fund - Seeing The Bigger Picture
£331,947 21/03/2018
36
This project will support blind or partially sighted people, helping them to fully participate in society. The project will create a hub for people with sight loss by opening a new resource room, ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Croydon Vision
£71,201 02/03/2018
36
Fun and developmental activities for visually impaired children and young people. Young people will benefit through reduced isolation, increased physical confidence and improved independent living ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/01/2016, number: 1165086
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
  • Investment
  • 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bedford Hall
72-74 Wellesley Road
CROYDON
SURREY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF NEED OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO SUFFER SIGHT LOSS BY:(1) PROVIDING QUALITY INFORMATION AND ADVICE, ADVOCACY, TRAINING AND COUNSELLING SERVICES, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND TO ENABLE SIGHT IMPAIRED RESIDENTS TO ENJOY HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVES AS POSSIBLE.(2) INFORMING AND ADVISING CARERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT SIGHT LOSS AND HOW ITS CHALLENGES CAN BEST BE MET.(3) WORKING WITH HOSPITALS, EYE UNITS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE TIMELY AND SUCCESSFUL SERVICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE THEY SERVE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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