Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 10

Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 8

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

My Sight Nottinghamshire (working name for Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind) is dedicated to improving the lives of visually impaired people in Nottinghamshire. Services including; information, support, equipment, advice, befriending, peer support, arts and sport, are designed to promote confidence and independence and reduce isolation and loneliness for people living with sight loss.

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Positives:

This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
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 age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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

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		£381	£652	£-271	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/22		£464	£561	£-97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	185
31/03/21		£699	£538	£161	£146	£630	£532	11.9	18	176
31/03/20		£764	£601	£163	£182	£469	£375	7.5	15	186
31/03/19		£523	£592	£-69	£184	£306	£224	4.5	20	165
31/03/18	*	£532	£637	£-105	£187	£375	£309	5.8	20	0
31/03/17	*	£777	£586	£191	£172	£481	£428	8.8	17	0
31/03/16	*	£639	£574	£65	£171	£363	£342	7.2	18	0
31/03/15		£392	£592	£-200	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£404	£678	£-274	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£388	£717	£-330	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£591	£699	£-108	£157	£1,030	£1,009	17.3	22	0
31/03/11	*	£592	£562	£30	£160	£1,131	£1,109	23.7	23	0
31/03/10		£360	£462	£-102	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£382	£407	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£358	£407	£-49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£439	£482	£-42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£475	£503	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£496	£515	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£278	£562	£-284	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 44 years

www.mysightnotts.org.uk

info@mysightnotts.org.uk

01159706806

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
120 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

Henry Smith Charity	£153,400
DCMS	£61,500
Masonic Trust	£36,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to My Sight Nottinghamshire
£153,400	18/08/2023 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing mental health and wellbeing support for older people living with visual impairments in Nottinghamshire.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£36,000	16/03/2023	Creating Connections - Social hubs for elderly visually impaired people
National Lottery Community Fund - Sight Loss Support Centre
£10,000	03/03/2023	The funding will be used to help run a sight support centre which assists those who are visually impaired through equipment training and advice - helping users reach their potential.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£61,500	29/09/2020	"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 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to My Sight Nottinghamshire
£3,698	15/11/2019	We want to develop our arts service for blind and partially sighted people to include music therapy and a 'knit and natter' group.
National Lottery Community Fund - My Sight Notts ?Community Cafe?
£44,700	23/04/2019 12	TPP4 - My Place Community Cafe
National Lottery Community Fund - My Sight - Together Project
£89,159	19/02/2019 36	This project will support people who are visually impaired by providing drop in coffee mornings and developing the activities, such as sports, arts and peer support, it has on offer. A choir and ....more This project will support people who are visually impaired by providing drop in coffee mornings and developing the activities, such as sports, arts and peer support, it has on offer. A choir and singing sessions will also be set up to bring people who share similar experiences together. This will support 150 people and around 500 wider volunteers, friends, family will benefit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating A Guide Dpg 'Spend Pen'
£9,855	21/03/2018 12	This charity will install a toilet facility for people living with visual impairments and their guide dogs, creating an accessible facility for them.
National Lottery Community Fund - My Sight Local
£402,310	18/11/2015 36	A new project from Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind will create an outreach and engagement service in order to support isolated visually impaired people in rural parts of the county. ....more A new project from Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind will create an outreach and engagement service in order to support isolated visually impaired people in rural parts of the county. Support will be provided for people in their local communities and individual's homes to help improve their independence and reduce levels of social exclusion. Support will also include social events, tea and chat sessions, sports, arts and crafts activities plus day trips and excursions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind
£29,000	31/05/2013	The charity provides a rang of support and advice for those are blind or partially sighted, across Nottinghamshire. The grant will support a manager. The role will enable access to a variety of ....more The charity provides a rang of support and advice for those are blind or partially sighted, across Nottinghamshire. The grant will support a manager. The role will enable access to a variety of support services, training opportunities and advice.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70

SHAMAILA KAUSER Appointed: 2021

FAYE DALE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: National Talent Lead

GEMMA STAPLETON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Tendering And Bid Manager

KATHRYN SKILL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ophthalmology Specialty General Manager

LINDA ELLIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant

JACKY FISHER (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Reti

LISA JONES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Unemployed

MALCOLM EVANS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/10/1980, number: 511288
Registered at Companies House on 16/12/1980, number: 01535327

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

My Sight Nottinghamshire
10 - 12 Carlton Street
Nottingham
NG1 1NN

Objectives

RELIEVE AND CARE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND WHETHER OR NOT REGISTERED AS BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED UNDER THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 OR WHO SUFFER SUBSTANTIALLY FROM DEFECTIVE VISION OR VISUAL HANDICAP (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE,CITY AND COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM

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