Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -5

HARTLEPOOL VISION SUPPORT

Services offered include home visiting service,cookery/handicraft/social and computer skills sessions, hold a monthly book club. We have a resource centre with specialist equipment. Produce a newsletter and a talking newspaper. We provide information to access benefits/allowances/health care services and assistance with paperwork. People can self-refer or use our drop-in/telephone enquiry service.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 2 trustees
The Board is completely male

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: 61 years

barbara@hartlepoolvision.onmicrosoft.com

07379859420

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£78	£78	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£69	£59	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21	£131	£51	£81	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	£44	£53	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19	£66	£80	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/18	£45	£64	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£52	£54	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£58	£49	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£50	£106	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£40	£41	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£46	£46	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£44	£54	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£44	£57	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£45	£56	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£54	£56	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£45	£48	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£69	£49	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£48	£49	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£43	£46	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£32	£46	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Hartlepool,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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 - Healthy Minds
£9,600	18/02/2022	The project will use the funding to provide a counselling and emotional support service for people affected by sight loss in Hartlepool. This will provide coping mechanisms build resilience aid ....more The project will use the funding to provide a counselling and emotional support service for people affected by sight loss in Hartlepool. This will provide coping mechanisms build resilience aid independence with the aim to reduce isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hartlepool Blind Welfare Association
£5,000	18/06/2019 12	towards rebranding and relaunch costs for a charity supporting blind and visually impaired people in Hartlepool
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	26/09/2018	Assistive Technology
National Lottery Community Fund - Assistive Technology Group
£9,152	05/07/2018 12	The funding will be used to deliver a 12 month programme of IT training for people who are blind or visually impaired. This will help develop their skills, confidence and self-esteem, and aid their ....more The funding will be used to deliver a 12 month programme of IT training for people who are blind or visually impaired. This will help develop their skills, confidence and self-esteem, and aid their independence and opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

KEVIN BRAITHWAITE Appointed: 2020

STEVEN WHEATLEY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/10/1963, number: 223584

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

Green Bank
Stranton
TS24 7QT

Objectives

GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE BLIND AND TO PROVIDE FOR BLIND PEOPLE THE UNDERMENTIONED:- A) EMPLOYMENT IN WORKSHOPS AND ELSEWHERE B) HOME TEACHING AND VISITING C) SOCIAL WELFARE AND RECREATION SERVICES. D) FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED BLIND E) ACCOMODATION IN HOSTELS AND/OR HOMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGHS OF HARTLEPOOL AND WEST HARTLEPOOL.

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