Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 0

Liabilities <10%: +3
Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE BIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND

The education and welfare of blind people or those people significantly handicapped by defective vision or threatened by blindness by securing the provision of assistance and support in the greater Birmingham area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
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	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£1,066	£1,184	£-117	£0	£4,227	£4,227	42.8	0
31/03/22		£903	£833	£70	£0	£4,554	£4,553	65.6	0
31/03/21		£881	£1,102	£-221	£0	£4,373	£4,373	47.6	0
31/03/20		£915	£907	£8	£0	£4,150	£4,143	54.8	2
31/03/19		£884	£980	£-95	£0	£4,405	£4,391	53.8	2
31/03/18		£920	£935	£-15	£0	£4,420	£4,399	56.5	0
31/03/17		£784	£853	£-69	£0	£4,454	£4,426	62.3	0
31/03/16		£851	£923	£-72	£0	£4,270	£4,235	55	0
31/03/15		£788	£824	£-36	£6	£4,423	£4,381	63.8	0
31/03/14		£817	£818	£-1	£7	£4,362	£4,313	63.3	0
31/03/13		£842	£1,288	£-446	£6	£4,309	£4,253	39.6	0
31/03/12		£864	£1,038	£-174	£9	£4,594	£4,531	52.4	0
31/03/11		£868	£1,030	£-162	£16	£4,792	£4,722	55	0
31/03/10		£730	£734	£-4	£18	£4,856	£4,779	78.1	0
31/03/09		£732	£894	£-162	£6	£4,479	£4,201	56.4	0
31/03/08		£797	£1,137	£-340	£14	£5,061	£4,759	50.2	0
31/03/07		£757	£740	£17	£7	£5,592	£5,261	85.3	0
31/03/06	*	£568	£935	£-367	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£803	£597	£205	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£975	£584	£391	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 42.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 39 years

www.brib.org.uk

brib@qac.ac.uk

0121 428 5055

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-76

AMANDA MCGEEVER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Housewife

BEVERLEY JESSOP Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Principal And Chief Executive

CHRISTOPHER GASCOIGNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

IAN WARWICK RICHARDS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

JANE EDGERTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

MARK PAUL DRAISEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Finance Director

MATTHEW ROGER BULLOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

RICHARD JOHN HINDLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/1985, number: 516477
Registered at Companies House on 27/03/1985, number: 01900123

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 29 days late, AR06: 351 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR
THE BLIND
49 COURT OAK ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B17 9TG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF , AND TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF THE BLIND, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, BY SECURING THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE BLIND IN THE COMMUNITY AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE INSTITUTION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEMORANDUM THE WORDS BLIND AND BLIND PERSONS SHALL INCLUDE PERSONS WHO THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HANDICAPPED BY DEFECTIVE VISION OR A RE THREATENED WITH BLINDNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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