Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

ROYAL BLIND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 101 years

www.sightscotland.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£13,917,000	£16,013,000	£15,895,000	£13,597,000		£12,117,000
Donations & Legacies	£877,000	£1,198,000	£824,000	£607,000		£677,000
Other Income	£459,000	£531,000	£581,000	£5,388,000		£706,000
Investment Income	£430,000	£479,000	£438,000	£379,000		£169,000
Total income	£15,731,000	£18,221,000	£17,738,000	£19,971,000	£12,787,000	£13,669,000
Charitable activities spending	£16,862,000	£20,244,000	£19,890,000	£18,651,000		£15,077,000
Fundraising costs	2%	2%	4%	5%	3%	2%
Other spending	£458,000	£528,000	£578,000	£4,784,000		£615,000
Total spending	£17,667,000	£21,183,000	£21,069,000	£24,136,000	£13,908,000	£16,011,000
Surplus/deficit	-£1,936,000	-£2,962,000	-£3,331,000	-£4,165,000	-£1,121,000	-£2,342,000

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems

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	£157,200
Scottish Government	£108,800
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust	£20,000
Foundation Scotland	£3,582

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£1,000	29/08/2023	Donation from W Scott Fund
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Family Wellbeing Service - Activity Coordinator
£20,000	24/11/2022	Funding for a part time Activity Assistant to develop the Family Wellbeing Service across North and South Lanarkshire to support Individuals with sight loss and their families
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£482	23/11/2022	Donation from Glebefoot Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£200	01/08/2022	August donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£306	04/11/2021	Annual donation from the Glebefoot Charitable Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£306	04/11/2021	Annual donation from the Glebefoot Charitable Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£200	06/10/2021	Donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£100	09/08/2021	Donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£100	07/07/2021	General charitable donation from W Scott
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Wellbeing Service
£150,000	16/03/2021 35	This group will provide practical emotional and wellbeing support to mitigate the challenges loneliness and mental health impacts of sight-loss and the additional impacts that COVID-19 has brought. ....more This group will provide practical emotional and wellbeing support to mitigate the challenges loneliness and mental health impacts of sight-loss and the additional impacts that COVID-19 has brought. The Family Wellbeing Service will support people with sight-loss and their families helping them to improve their wellbeing through person cantered support and advice initially through telephone and digital channels and moving to face to face delivery when possible.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£100	04/03/2021	Donation fro W Scott
Scottish Government - Royal Blind Asylum & School
£24,000	18/02/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£100	02/12/2020	Donation from W Scott 095566
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£294	12/11/2020	Annual donation for the Glebefoot Charitable Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£294	12/11/2020	Annual donation from the Glebefoot Charitable Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sight Scotland
£100	03/08/2020	August donation from W Scott
Scottish Government - Royal Blind
£84,800	12/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting older people with family and friends in times of crisis
£7,200	24/04/2020 12	This group will use funding to purchase an interactive activity table for their residential care home.
National Lottery Community Fund - Royal Blind School Courtyard's Project
£45,799	15/05/2018 12	Royal Blind School Courtyard's Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	30/08/2017	Jenny's Well Care Home
National Lottery Community Fund - The Royal Blind School's Courtyards Outdoor Education Project
£9,145	23/05/2017 12	This group will use the funding to develop their courtyard outdoor area for the benefit of pupils with visual impairments, additional support needs and complex multiple disabilities.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - The Learning Hub's Accessing Insight Project
£15,000	25/11/2015	The Accessing Insight Project will provide training and resources for mainstream teachers/support staff to improve the care and educational welfare of children aged 5-18 with visual impairments. It ....more The Accessing Insight Project will provide training and resources for mainstream teachers/support staff to improve the care and educational welfare of children aged 5-18 with visual impairments. It will encourage good ideas to be shared as well as supporting the creation and discovery of new online resources.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 16/01/1923, number: SC017167

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

2A, Robertson Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 1PZ

Objectives

THAT the objects of the said Institution were, (1) To promote the moral, religious, physical, and mental welfare of the Blind: (2) To give education and industrial training to the juvenile blind. (3) To provide employment for adult blind men and women. (4) To supplement their earnings, supply clothing, and aid them in sickness and old age. (5) To grant aid to indigent blind in all parts of Scotland.

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