Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE CARDIFF INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, INCORPORATED

The Institute primarily exists to enable visually impaired people within the counties of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Taff, Merthyr, Swansea and Neath and Port Talbot to live a full and independent life. It seek to influence policies and practices of others and, in accordance with the resources it has available, complement the services provided by these organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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		£475	£538	£-62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£435	£400	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/21		£421	£376	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/20		£438	£456	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	118
31/03/19		£776	£464	£312	£14	£1,417	£1,009	26.1	12	239
31/03/18		£448	£426	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£353	£408	£-54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£1,244	£506	£738	£5	£1,278	£1,227	29.1	10	0
31/03/15		£552	£524	£28	£11	£516	£472	10.8	10	0
31/03/14		£533	£506	£27	£24	£565	£465	11	15	0
31/03/13		£598	£585	£13	£30	£296	£266	5.5	15	0
31/03/12		£403	£593	£-190	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£1,396	£493	£903	£35	£790	£789	19.2	15	0
31/03/10		£758	£587	£172	£116	£790	£789	16.1	17	0
31/03/09		£329	£558	£-229	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£506	£571	£-65	£143	£853	£852	17.9	18	0
31/03/07	*	£458	£570	£-111	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£563	£656	£-94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£833	£649	£184	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£527	£630	£-103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 61 years
(106 years as a company)

www.sightlife.wales

ask@sightlife.wales

029 2039 8900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bridgend, Cardiff, City Of Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Vale Of Glamorgan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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 - ONE VISION
£9,999	13/04/2023	The Cardiff Institute for the Blind Incorporated will use £9999 to work with visually impaired people to co-design online learning resources. The resources should increase understanding of sight ....more The Cardiff Institute for the Blind Incorporated will use £9999 to work with visually impaired people to co-design online learning resources. The resources should increase understanding of sight loss issues among the wider community. The grant will pay for staffing volunteer expenses website development translation project overheads and equipment. Bydd Cardiff Institute for the Blind Incorporated yn defnyddio £9999 i weithio gyda phobl â nam ar eu golwg i gyd-ddylunio adnoddau dysgu ar-lein. Dylai’r adnoddau gynyddu’r ddealltwriaeth o broblemau colli golwg ymysg y gymuned ehangach. Bydd y grant yn talu am staff treuliau gwirfoddolwyr datblygiad gwefan cyfieithu gorbenion prosiect a chyfarpar.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering Insight
£100,000	21/09/2022	The Cardiff Institute for the Blind will create and deliver a new volunteering engagement strategy for Sight Life. This will allow the organisation to engage train and manage a wider range of ....more The Cardiff Institute for the Blind will create and deliver a new volunteering engagement strategy for Sight Life. This will allow the organisation to engage train and manage a wider range of volunteering opportunities specifically targeted to improve community engagement. £100000 over two years will fund staff training room hire and marketing. Bydd Sefydliad y Deillion Caerdydd yn creu a darpari strategaeth ymgysylltu gwirfoddol newydd ar gyfer Sight Life. Bydd hyn yn galluogi’r sefydliad i ymgysylltu hyfforddi a rheoli amrywiaeth ehangach o gyfleoedd gwirfoddoli sydd wedi’u targedu’n benodol i wella ymgysylltiad cymunedol. Bydd £100000 dros ddwy flynedd yn ariannu staff hyfforddiant llogi ystafell a marchnata.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sight Life
£10,000	07/04/2022	purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting people who are visaully impaired in Cardiff
National Lottery Community Fund - New Places, New Experiences - for blind and partially sighted people
£499,946	23/11/2016 48	New Places, New Experiences - for blind and partially sighted people
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Links - Ending Sight Loss Isolation
£497,436	23/01/2013 48	The Cardiff Institute for the Blind will run a project, over three years throughout Wales that will benefit close to 8000 blind and visually impaired individuals. The Wales-wide project will provide ....more The Cardiff Institute for the Blind will run a project, over three years throughout Wales that will benefit close to 8000 blind and visually impaired individuals. The Wales-wide project will provide information, advocacy, advice and training to greatly improve the lives of blind and visually impaired people in Wales. The grant will be used to cover the salaries of ten posts, including five local development managers operating in 12 project areas and five graduate trainees to assist them in their roles.
National Lottery Community Fund - Welfare Rights Service for people with sight loss in Cardiff/Vale of Glam/R
£51,222	29/09/2010 24	The project will appoint a specialist Information and Advocacy officer to provide a home visiting service to ensure that people with sight loss, including deaf blind people, receive appropriate ....more The project will appoint a specialist Information and Advocacy officer to provide a home visiting service to ensure that people with sight loss, including deaf blind people, receive appropriate benefit entitlement and have access to wider information, advice and emotional support services that will enable them to retain their independence. The grant over two years will pay for the salary of an Information and Advocacy Officer for 28 hours per week.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-69

ELIN HAF EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Manager

CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH REDDINGTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Media Apprentice

DR CAROLE JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Opthalmologist

SUSAN SULLIVAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Secretary

SUZANNE PETTERSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Manager

JAMES ASKEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketeer

JOHN SANDERS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Charity Worker, Other trusteeships: COLCHESTER AVENUE ALLOTMENTS ASSOCIATION, UCAN PRODUCTIONS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/01/1963, number: 214131
Registered at Companies House on 26/03/1918, number: 00149982

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

Linked charity: SHAND MEMORIAL AID FUND
15/05/2019 - Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
04/03/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE SOUTH WALES TALKING MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION
29/03/2022 - Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

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
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

20 returns made; AR07: 20 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 30 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION on 15/05/2019
Asset transfer in from THE SOUTH WALES TALKING MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION on 04/03/2022
Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION on 29/03/2022

Main office

Cardiff Institute For The Blind
Jones Court
Womanby Street
CARDIFF
CF10 1BR

Objectives

TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND GENERAL WELFARE OF BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, SEVERELY DISABLED SIGHTED AND HANDICAPPED SIGHTED PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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