Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

SIGHT SUPPORT RYEDALE

Sight Support Ryedale is a charity based in Malton. We aim to support and positively affect the lives of visually impaired adults, over the age of 25 , in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire. We do this by providing specially-tailored activities and support to reduce social isolation, to ensure members feel included in their community and to offer opportunities for friendship and peer support.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 7 years

www.sightsupportryedale.org

enquiries@sightsupportryedale.org

01653698860

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£98	£88	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22	£34	£62	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21	£158	£68	£90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20	£47	£73	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19	£37	£72	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/03/18	£80	£77	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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	£136,000
DCMS	£51,428
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£12,000
Sport England	£8,850
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500
Co-Operative Group	£5,487

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Sight Loss in Ryedale: A Vision for the Future
£136,000	16/12/2021	The funding will help to provide a network of support activities and friendship to help alleviate social and emotional isolation and the practical problems living with sight loss can bring.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sight Support Ryedale
£5,487	24/10/2020	Support visually impaired people with the challenges of sight loss, reduce isolation, enabling them to remain independent in the community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£51,428	05/08/2020	"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."
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000	17/06/2020	This group are the only organisation in Ryedale to offer services specific to visual impairment. Social isolation has been a lonely and frightening experience for many blind and partially sighted ....more This group are the only organisation in Ryedale to offer services specific to visual impairment. Social isolation has been a lonely and frightening experience for many blind and partially sighted people. Funding will see the continuance of a telephone befriending service and shopping/prescription delivery service. Contributing towards staff salaries, volunteer expenses, overhead costs, and a laptop to be used to manage support services and finances whilst working from home.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£8,850	01/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000	02/04/2020	Covid 19 - core costs and change in activites to continue to support service users
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	30/04/2019	In Touch and Activity Groups
Two Ridings Community Foundation - In Touch Groups
£5,000	19/03/2019	Fund fortnightly "In Touch" groups in Malton/Norton and Pickering. These groups provide door to door transport to visually impaired people in rural areas. Funding will cover room hire, ....more Fund fortnightly "In Touch" groups in Malton/Norton and Pickering. These groups provide door to door transport to visually impaired people in rural areas. Funding will cover room hire, catering, transport and volunteer expenses.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Sight Impairment in Ryedale
£10,000	24/01/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver sight loss courses to people who have recently been diagnosed with an eye condition. It will offer practical and emotional support to people adjusting to sight ....more The funding will be used to deliver sight loss courses to people who have recently been diagnosed with an eye condition. It will offer practical and emotional support to people adjusting to sight loss or a deterioration of a sight impairment.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£2,500	20/07/2016	Practical, emotional and social services for people with sight loss and visual impairments.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN RUDDICK MBE Appointed: 2015

CHRISTINE COLLINS Appointed: 2011

JUDITH CARR Appointed: 2018

NICK MEDCALF Appointed: 2019

TRISHA LANGTON Appointed: 2022

KEVIN DAVIS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2016, number: 1170013

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
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

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Norton Hive Library
Commercial Street
Norton
YO17 9ES

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH WILL BENEFIT PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN LIVING IN RYEDALE WHO ARE SIGHT IMPAIRED, IN PARTICULAR BY;A] PROVIDING REGULAR MEETINGS WHERE MEMBERS CAN COME TOGETHER IN A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CHOSEN BY THEMSELVES;B] DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT VISUAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WHICH COULD BENEFIT MEMBERS;C] PROVIDE SIGNPOSTING ABOUT THE RANGE OF STATE OR ANY OTHER BENEFITS WHICH EXIST TO ASSIST SIGHT-IMPAIRED PERSONS;D] FOSTERING THE CONFIDENCE AND ENJOYMENT OF MEMBERS BY ENABLING THEM TO TAKE PART IN WIDER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUTINGS AND HOLIDAYS - SUBJECT TO ANY FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS;E] REPRESENTING THE NEEDS AND VIEWS OF MEMBERS TO STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, CHARITABLE GROUPS AND OTHERS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE SIGHT IMPAIRED.

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