Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE KINGSTON UPON THAMES ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Provision of outreach, support and social services to blind and visually impaired people within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/10/22		£114	£102	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73
31/10/21		£74	£67	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	77
31/10/20		£78	£79	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	86
31/10/19		£47	£86	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	107
31/10/18	*	£65	£88	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	107
31/10/17		£73	£90	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£89	£94	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£79	£77	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£94	£77	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£85	£86	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£91	£75	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£72	£72	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£135	£68	£67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£159	£59	£100	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08		£51	£85	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07?	*	£60	£63	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	*	£58	£41	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04	*	£16	£24	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 58 years

www.kingstonassociationforblind.org

kab@kingstonassociationforblind.org

02086050060

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Kingston Upon Thames,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
73 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

Vision Foundation	£90,000
Trust for London	£61,100
Sport England	£11,490
Co-Operative Group	£3,732

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kingston upon Thames Association for the Blind (KAB)
£2,078	21/10/2023	We wish to increase the size, frequency and range of activities we provide at our social club for the VI community. The aim is to improve the mental wellbeing of an already socially excluded group.
Trust for London - Kingston Upon Thames Association for the Blind
£61,100	08/02/2023	The funding is for the appointment of a staff member to assist with applying for benefits and assisting with the social care needs of persons with visual impairments in Kingston.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kingston upon Thames Association for the Blind (KAB)
£1,654	22/10/2022	Social Eyes aims to provide approximately 30 visually impaired people with opportunities to exercise, socialise, meet new people, engage in arts and craft, and enjoy days out.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Visually Impaired Young People in Sport
£6,490	18/05/2022	This project will focus on young people aged 18-25 with visual impairments in exercise and fitness, adapted sport and tenpin bowling.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£5,000	01/12/2021	Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Vision Foundation - Transition grant offered at end of membership structure
£90,000	11/03/2020	Transition grant offered at end of membership structure (core funding for 3 years)
Vision Foundation - Greater London Fund for the Blind Member 2019-2020
£22,400	01/04/2019 12	Greater London Fund for the Blind, member distribution 2019-2020 (core funding)

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

OLAM MELCHI RAY-IMANUEL Appointed: 2023

ALAN TURNBULL Appointed: 2024

ANNE PAULETTE WHITE Appointed: 2021

BRIAN GAFF

GEORGE PHILLIPS

JOANNA TURNBULL Appointed: 2024

MR D ROBSON Appointed: 2018

MRS J WESTLAKE Appointed: 2018

ROY SMITH MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2014

VARUN YADAV Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/09/1966, number: 249295

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR18: 73 days late, AR07: 352 days late, AR05: 12 days late, AR04: 6 days late,

Main office

Room 01, Kingston Quaker Centre
Fairfield East
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Surrey
KT1 2PT

Objectives

TO DO ALL THINGS POSSIBLE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES. TO CO-OPERATE WITH AND ASSIST THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES AS THE AUTHORITY DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS IN THAT BOROUGH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES.

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