Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

BRAILLE IT

Braille It delivers free UEB Braille Classes to adults in the community in East Lancashire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
30/09/22?		£59	£30	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
01/05/18		£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/17		£2	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/16		£3	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/15		£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/14		£2	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/13	*	£2	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/12?	*	£0	£2	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/11		£5	£2	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/10		£2	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/09		£1	£2	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/08		£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/07		£2	£7	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/06		£9	£1	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/05		£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
18/04/04		£4	£1	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

https://brailleit.wordpress.com/

christattersall1953@gmail.com

01200426063

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
9 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

Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£6,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,025
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Braille IT
£1,025	21/10/2023	We're a group who want to support blind and visually impaired people, encourage their independence, and cultivate a positive outlook on life and general wellbeing.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Braille IT
£1,000	29/07/2022	The funding will be used to support people with learning difficulties with the aim of improving skills, health and wellbeing.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Visual Assistant
£5,000	04/07/2022	To continue employing the Visual Assistant to enable support to develop and enhance the experience of the group's staff and learners who are blind or partially sighted.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Braille IT CIO
£1,000	08/03/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER TATTERSALL (Chair) Appointed: 2020

DOROTHY BULLER Appointed: 2020

MELANIE KILMISTER Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2021, number: 1195127

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

31/05/2022 - Asset transfer in from BRAILLE IT
14/12/2022 - Asset transfer in from RIBBLE VALLEY TALKING NEWSPAPER GROUP

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR13: 144 days late, AR12: 21 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BRAILLE IT on 31/05/2022
Asset transfer in from RIBBLE VALLEY TALKING NEWSPAPER GROUP on 14/12/2022

Main office

30 Cringle Way
CLITHEROE
Lancashire
BB7 2ES

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT THROUGH:3.1 THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR ADULTS;3.2 THE AREA COVERED BY THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE IN EAST LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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