Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE SUNDERLAND AND NORTH DURHAM ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

To provide grants, goods, services and advice to the visually impaired.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
31/03/23		£470	£280	£190	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39
31/03/22		£156	£232	£-76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39
31/03/21		£173	£172	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/20	*	£119	£217	£-97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/03/19		£192	£217	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51
31/03/18		£121	£171	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£74	£177	£-103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£156	£154	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£140	£141	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£169	£103	£67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£97	£83	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£51	£88	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£67	£96	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£58	£92	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£65	£93	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£100	£68	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£27	£51	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£26	£40	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£25	£31	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£49	£31	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.sundrsb.org.uk

richard.wood@sundrsb.org.uk

0191 5673939

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
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 services

Where it operates

Durham, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
39 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£340,630
The Ballinger Charitable Trust	£10,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,576

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Durham Visual Support Group
£1,576	21/10/2023	We support blind and visually impaired people with their wellbeing, offering trips and specialist equipment to help them live independently.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind
£2,000	07/06/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - One Vision
£320,630	18/05/2022 36	The project will use the funding over three years to deliver a partnership project with Newcastle Vision Support (NVS) and Hartlepool Vision Support (HVS) pooling resources and supporting service ....more The project will use the funding over three years to deliver a partnership project with Newcastle Vision Support (NVS) and Hartlepool Vision Support (HVS) pooling resources and supporting service users post-pandemic with improved safeguarding practices IT support and counselling services. This aims to reduce isolation and improve health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reach for the Stars
£10,000	19/11/2021	The project will use the funding to provide services and support for visually impaired children and young people. There will be counselling for service users and their families social events club ....more The project will use the funding to provide services and support for visually impaired children and young people. There will be counselling for service users and their families social events club meetings day trips and outings including adventure weekends computer and IT mentoring and access to the group’s employment project. This aims to help members reach their potential reduce isolation and improve emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind
£1,200	22/07/2021	Continuing and increasing telephone contact by recruiting “Telephone Befriending” volunteers and the costs associated with the volunteer car driver service for service users in Sunderland
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Sunderland & North Durham RSB (SUNDRSB)
£10,000	28/02/2020 12	Towards core costs of operation
National Lottery Community Fund - An insight into employment
£10,000	10/02/2020 11	The funding will provide support for visually impaired young people through assisted technology workshops, job clubs, mock interview sessions and local work experience opportunities. The aim is to ....more The funding will provide support for visually impaired young people through assisted technology workshops, job clubs, mock interview sessions and local work experience opportunities. The aim is to increase confidence and self-esteem, as well as employability prospects.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Vision for County Durham
£10,000	08/07/2015 12	The funding will be used to provide a range of activities linked to healthy living and wellbeing, including cookery and arts and crafts sessions. It will also enable the organisations to support more ....more The funding will be used to provide a range of activities linked to healthy living and wellbeing, including cookery and arts and crafts sessions. It will also enable the organisations to support more people and broaden its reach throughout County Durham.
National Lottery Community Fund - An Eye on Healthy Living
£10,000	26/08/2010 12	This group in Durham will use funding to provide a number of activities linked to healthy living and wellbeing, including 'sit and be fit', healthy walks and healthy eating cookery classes. This will ....more This group in Durham will use funding to provide a number of activities linked to healthy living and wellbeing, including 'sit and be fit', healthy walks and healthy eating cookery classes. This will encourage a healthier lifestyle and also reduce isolation and loneliness for people within the society.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-78

GEORGE HICKS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Factory Manager

SHAUN DUFFY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Health Care Assistant

JACKIE KENT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Counsellor

LYNDA SCANLAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Practice Manager

PETER CARLING Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Unemployed

SUSAN ROSEMARY GREGG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE ROYAL VICTORIA TRUST FOR THE BLIND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/01/1990, number: 702325
Registered at Companies House on 18/10/1989, number: 02433540

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
Investment
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; AR20: 2 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR06: 15 days late, AR04: 2 days late,

Main office

53
St Luke's Terrace
Pallion
Sunderland
Tyne and

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND THOSE SUBSTANTIALLY AND PERMANENTLY HANDICAPPED BY DEFECTIVE VISION, REGISTERED AS SUCH WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND RESIDING IN THE BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE ATTACHED TO MEMORANDUM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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