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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

SIGHT CYMRU 

Services to mitigate the impacts of sensory loss to people in Wales, including Eye Clinic support and Rehabilitation for the Vision Impaired, counselling, emotional support, befriending, activities, telephone helpline, social activities, training and a comprehensive resource centre offering advice, information and advocacy. The charity also encourages preventative strategies to avoid blindness
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income


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Established: 7 years

http://sightcymru.org.uk

postman@sightcymru.org.uk

01495763650

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£555£534£21£8£1,281£85919.32161
31/03/22*£450£470£-20n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/21£518£463£56£1£1,271£83221.61964
31/03/20£440£454£-14n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/19£428£441£-13n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/03/18£412£485£-73£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 19.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 21 employees
  • 61 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 21/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Don't Look Away from Blindness
£105,300 20/09/2018
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Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will deliver sessions led by people with significant sight loss for people with sight loss, teaching them how relatively simple changes to their daily life can ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2017, number: 1171471
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR22: 28 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION on 29/03/2022
Main office

Sight Cymru
Bradbury House
Park Road
PONTYPOOL
NP4 6JH

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN WALES WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF BEING SERIOUSLY SIGHT IMPAIRED (BLIND) OR SIGHT IMPAIRED (PARTIALLY SIGHTED)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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