Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

SIGHT SUPPORT HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE

Help and support to people with sight loss

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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

Established: 61 years
(89 years as a company)

www.sightsupport.org

info@sightsupport.org

01482342297

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£452	£687	£-235	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	69
31/03/22	£537	£666	£-129	£80	£2,526	£2,514	45.3	25	20
31/03/21	£480	£671	£-191	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	£609	£757	£-149	£91	£2,462	£2,444	38.7	29	20
31/03/19	£521	£580	£-59	£91	£2,699	£2,692	55.7	27	55
31/03/18	£1,090	£801	£289	£239	£2,758	£2,748	41.2	25	0
31/03/17	£664	£492	£172	£142	£2,469	£2,458	60	25	0
31/03/16	£521	£782	£-260	£0	£2,297	£2,287	35.1	25	0
31/03/15	£535	£640	£-105	£84	£2,557	£2,531	47.5	24	0
31/03/14	£541	£584	£-43	£66	£2,650	£2,624	53.9	23	0
31/03/13	£464	£576	£-112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£392	£560	£-167	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£506	£544	£-38	£47	£2,692	£2,691	59.4	25	0
31/03/10	£542	£618	£-76	£69	£2,628	£2,622	50.9	31	0
31/03/09	£578	£661	£-83	£91	£2,356	£2,345	42.6	36	0
31/03/08	£472	£640	£-168	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£659	£559	£100	£97	£3,575	£8	0.2	23	0
31/03/06	£441	£527	£-86	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£469	£553	£-84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£543	£718	£-175	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

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

Where it operates

East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
69 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Revitalise with SocialEYES
£110,051	17/02/2023	This funding will support Sight Support Hull and East Yorkshire to provide activities and support for blind and visually impaired people of all ages within Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The ....more This funding will support Sight Support Hull and East Yorkshire to provide activities and support for blind and visually impaired people of all ages within Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The project aims to help break down the barriers to loneliness and isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - SocialEYES
£10,000	14/10/2022	The funding will be used to provide a co-ordinator who will work closely with current and new service users who are visually impaired to design plan and deliver a range of accessible activities and ....more The funding will be used to provide a co-ordinator who will work closely with current and new service users who are visually impaired to design plan and deliver a range of accessible activities and outings. The project aims to support members of the sight loss community to access a range of events and activities which will reduce isolation and improve their confidence and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Call to Connect
£10,000	05/02/2021 11	The funding will be used to expand an existing telephone befriending service for visually impaired people who are suffering from isolation to enable it to respond to the increased demands placed on ....more The funding will be used to expand an existing telephone befriending service for visually impaired people who are suffering from isolation to enable it to respond to the increased demands placed on it as a direct result of Covid-19. The project aims to support people during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£67,613	29/07/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - SocialEYES
£92,359	08/02/2019 36	This funding is for a project designed to provide social activities, trips, and services to people with visual impairments. The project includes enabling Blind and partially sighted people to access ....more This funding is for a project designed to provide social activities, trips, and services to people with visual impairments. The project includes enabling Blind and partially sighted people to access walking and running clubs as well as a choir. The grant will also enable the organisation to buy its own transport, which will be used to help visually impaired people to take part in leisure activities.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - SocialEYES
£30,000	29/01/2018	Funding will help establish SocialEYES project which seeks to support visually impaired people to engage with new and existing activities in the hope to promote better mental and physical health ad ....more Funding will help establish SocialEYES project which seeks to support visually impaired people to engage with new and existing activities in the hope to promote better mental and physical health ad wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-82

ANN MASSAM Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

ANNE GRAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee

CAROL WINTER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retail

DAVID WILLIAM LONGMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

DEBORAH JANE ROSENBERG (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

ERIC HARROD Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

ENID ADAMS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Unemployed

HOLLIE KATE HAENEY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

JAMES HOUSTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor

MALCOLM REVELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

MICHAEL RICHARD O GRADY Appointed: 2013

ROBIN KENNETH RUSSELL Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/08/1963, number: 223668
Registered at Companies House on 04/04/1935, number: 00299291

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
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; all on time

Main office

SIGHT SUPPORT HULL & EAST YORKSHIRE
466 BEVERLEY ROAD
HULL
HU5 1NF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THE BLIND RESIDENTS IN THE KINGSTON UPON HULL AND THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE (E. RIDING) HULL

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