Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

BLIND AND SIGHT IMPAIRED SOCIETY (BASIS)

BASIS provides emotional and practical support to visually impaired people in South Essex. We do this through equipment demonstration at our Resource Centre, home visit assessments, befriending services, social activity groups and providing support at the local eye clinic.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and 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:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£127,956	£135,004	£-7,048	35
31/08/22	£121,762	£124,710	£-2,948	38
31/08/21	£265,515	£116,471	£149,044	35

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.basissouthessex.org.uk

admin@basissouthessex.org.uk

01268522817

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for vision impaired people in Essex
£9,000	07/07/2023	Funding will be used to expand home visiting and activity groups for people with a sight loss diagnosis in South Essex. The project aims to help people live independently at home and socialise with ....more Funding will be used to expand home visiting and activity groups for people with a sight loss diagnosis in South Essex. The project aims to help people live independently at home and socialise with others who understand the challenges of living with sight loss.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Blind and Sight Impaired Society
£44,100	04/05/2023	to support a sight loss advisory service for visitors, patients and staff at Brentwood Community Hospital and offer home visits for those with sight loss in Brentwood, over two years
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Blind and Sight Impaired Society
£7,500	26/04/2022	towards the core costs of an organisation supporting individuals with sight impairment or loss across South Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Peer to Peer Support for the Visually Impaired
£8,228	12/11/2021	The funding will be used to enable visually impaired people to partner with and support each other in a range of activities designed to engender a return of confidence and encourage socialisation ....more The funding will be used to enable visually impaired people to partner with and support each other in a range of activities designed to engender a return of confidence and encourage socialisation post lockdown while also supporting with employment opportunities and raising awareness within the sighted community.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Blind and Sight Impaired Society
£10,000	14/01/2021	to support people with visual impairment across South Essex

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALASTAIR ROGERS Appointed: 2023

ANNE HOWELL Appointed: 2020

CLIFF CARTER Appointed: 2024

JUNE MAYLIN (Chair) Appointed: 2014

SAMANTHA LEFTWICH Appointed: 2017

STEPHEN FOGGO Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2020, number: 1188583

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BLIND AND SIGHT IMPAIRED SOCIETY on 27/05/2021

Main office

BRADBURY HOUSE
WITCHARDS
BASILDON
ESSEX
SS16 5BP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SOUTH ESSEX BY WORKING WITH BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 11 WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR DISABILITY, PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THEIR PEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY BY IMPROVING CONFIDENCE AND TACKLING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS;B) INCREASING, OR COORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE BLIND/ VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, ENABLING THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT THEIR SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THE BLIND/ VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY;C) DEVELOPING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO ENABLE THE PARENTS/CARERS OF BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN AND MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL;D) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION WITH THE AIM OF EDUCATING THE SIGHTED COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES.2) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN SOUTH ESSEX, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING A BEFRIENDING SERVICE TO BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADULTS OFFERING HOME VISITS, COMPANIONSHIP, TELEPHONE BEFRIENDING AND SIGHT GUIDING ON EVERYDAY TASKS.B) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OUTINGS, SOCIAL TRIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A TRANSPORT SERVICE TO AND FROM RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.C) PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND ALL ASPECTS OF LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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