Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

BLINDAID 

Community Sight Support Service: An outreach service for blind and visually impaired people residing in the 12 inner London boroughs to alleviate social isolation and provide practical support Also: Telephone Support and Community ProjectsShare London Project - volunteers facilitate social outings in LondonSmall grants for aids and equipment to facilitate independent living
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 53 years

www.blindaid.org.uk

enquiries@blindaid.org.uk

02074036184

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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
31/12/22£223£747£-524n/an/an/an/an/a136
31/12/21*£285£730£-445n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/12/20£581£810£-230£57£2,848£2,38135.220250
31/12/19*£249£1,040£-790n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/12/18£429£1,020£-591£0£0£0n/a0120
31/12/17£336£965£-629£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£556£902£-345£18£4,665£4,15055.2250
31/12/15£573£782£-209£126£4,647£4,16363.8230
31/12/14£567£721£-154£116£4,825£4,33872.2190
31/12/13£449£685£-236£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£488£642£-154£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£511£772£-261£87£4,271£3,90760.7220
31/12/10£543£736£-194£82£4,784£4,39471.6220
31/12/09£583£709£-126£76£4,693£4,33173.3220
31/12/08£519£659£-140£75£4,463£4,13675.3230
31/12/07£488£503£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£894£493£401£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£517£429£88£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£825£408£416£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 136 volunteers
Who it helps
  • 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
  • Throughout London,

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£224,800
The Clothworkers Foundation£206,000
DCMS£130,337
City Bridge Trust£81,300
The London Community Foundation£61,277
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
London Borough of Southwark£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£50,000 14/09/2023
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
National Lottery Community Fund - BlindAid Annual Celebration
£10,000 14/07/2023
The funding will be used to host an annual celebration for people with sight loss. The project aims to bring the community together offering support and advice.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£50,000 19/05/2022
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
City Bridge Trust - Grant to BlindAid
£81,300 27/07/2021
36
£81,300 over three years (3 x £27,100) towards the costs associated with BA’s Community Projects for blind and partially sighted people in London, including tutors’ fees, project management ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£50,000 01/03/2021
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
The London Community Foundation - Grant to BlindAid
£30,337 22/09/2020
Continued support to 1000+ isolated blind and visually impaired people, via weekly calls and virtual social groups, ensuring the safety and continued wellbeing of our beneficiaries, who need our ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£30,337 22/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 19/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£6,000 01/06/2020
COVID19 : a one off grant to enable BlindAid to administer the current grant in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The London Community Foundation - Grant to BlindAid
£30,940 28/04/2020
Support with temporarily changing our outreach visiting service to a telephone based service instead of furloughing staff, for the safety and continued wellbeing of our beneficiaries. Our blind and ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to BlindAid
£5,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 1 grant from the Finance & Governance department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to BlindAid
£5,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 2 grant from the Finance & Governance department
Vision Foundation - Transition grant offered at end of membership structure
£180,000 11/03/2020
Transition grant offered at end of membership structure (core funding for 3 years)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£50,000 04/02/2020
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
Vision Foundation - Greater London Fund for the Blind Member 2019-2020
£44,800 01/04/2019
12
Greater London Fund for the Blind, member distribution 2019-2020 (core funding)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£50,000 26/03/2019
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
National Lottery Community Fund - SHARE LONDON
£99,250 28/02/2019
36
The project will support older people with sight loss in London. The aim is to recruit volunteers that will befriend blind people and accompany them for social events.
National Lottery Community Fund - BlindAid Community Celebration
£10,000 17/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to pay for transport for people suffering sight loss. The project aims to enable them to attend an event that will help them build confidence and lasting friendships.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£15,000 27/03/2018
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blind Aid
£25,000 08/02/2018
Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-63
  • AJAY RAWAL (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Partner Ey
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/1971, number: 262119
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/1970, number: 00986407
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR19: 11 days late, AR11: 98 days late,
Main office

LANTERN HOUSE
102 BERMONDSEY STREET
LONDON
SE1 3UB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA KNOWN AS GREATER LONDON AS FROM TIME TO TIME CONSTITUTED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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