Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

SUPPORT 4 SIGHT 

We provide information, advice, guidance, emotional support and practical help to people who are coping with blindness, partial sight and reduced vision in Essex.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 8 years

www.support4sight.org.uk

info@support4sight.org.uk

01245 933572

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UN SDGs
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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£197£202£-5n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£206£215£-10n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/03/21£240£179£61n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/03/20£351£374£-24n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/19£285£357£-72n/an/an/an/an/a118
31/03/18£235£347£-112£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£118£147£-29£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 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
Essex Community Foundation£57,000
DCMS£10,000
Department for Work and Pensions£4,486
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Support 4 Sight
£10,000 09/02/2023
towards the core costs of an organisation supporting individuals with sight loss in Chelmsford and Uttlesford
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Support 4 Sight
£1,000 20/05/2022
to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Support 4 Sight
£15,000 12/05/2022
to expand the social and wellbeing activities on offer to individuals with sight loss or visual impairment at a base in Chelmsford
Department for Work and Pensions - K J BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL SERVICES LIMMITED
£2,986 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - K J BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL SERVICES
£1,500 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Support 4 Sight
£10,000 18/03/2021
towards core costs of an organisation supporting people with visual impairment across mid and west Essex
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 22/09/2020
"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
Essex Community Foundation - Core Costs for resources Centre
£5,000 03/02/2020
24
To support the costs of supporting visually impaired people in Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow
Essex Community Foundation - Community Sight Loss Support
£16,000 06/12/2019
24
To develop the Community Sight Loss Support Service in Chelmsford over two years
National Lottery Community Fund - See application
£436,338 07/02/2019
60
The organisation will use funding to offer early intervention support for people with sight loss across Mid and West Essex. This will focus on mental health support, empowerment focus, and ....more
Essex County Council - Community Inititives Fund Grant
£10,000 29/11/2018
Re-fitting resource centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Support 4 Sight
£2,739 19/11/2018
We would like to continue our eye clinic information desk at Princess Alexandra Hospital and our home visiting service.
Essex Community Foundation - Revitalising people who have been diagnosed with sight loss
£5,000 06/02/2018
11
To support people with sight loss in Epping Forest to stay healthy in their commuity
Essex Community Foundation - Support for people diagnosed with sight loss in Chelmsford
£8,652 09/11/2017
11
To run an Eye Clinic Information desk at Broomfield Hospital and open a new information hub in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Supporting and inspiring people who have lost their sight
£5,000 05/10/2017
12
To continue an Eye Clinic Information Desk at Saffron Walden Community Hospital
National Lottery Community Fund - Peer mentoring for people with sight loss
£9,624 19/07/2017
12
The funding will be used to recruit and train people who have a sigh impairment to be peer mentors for others who have been diagnosed with a condition causing sight loss. This will involve providing ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Supporting Employability in Essex (SEE)
£10,000 28/07/2016
15
To help run a pilot project supporting blind or partially sighted people from across Essex into paid employment
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2016, number: 1169324
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
  • Investment
  • 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
7 returns made; AR17: 1 days late,
Main office

Support 4 Sight
17 Cottage Place
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1NL

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN ESSEX AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 1) GIVE INFORMATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND DEAFBLIND PEOPLE, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS. 2) OFFER SERVICES WHICH ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH SIGHT LOSS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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