HEREFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
Charity number: 220171
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Early help-long term support for blind and partially sighted community of Herefordshire that can help the public living with sight loss. We offer a home visiting service where a volunteer offers simple practical help to a visually impaired person. A hospital information service at Hereford Eye Unit (County Hospital) Rehab and Mobility Service contract with Herefordshire Council.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £150,477
Total expenditure: £155,086
Total income includes £115,000 from 1 government contract(s)
People
9 Trustee(s)
25 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Disability
- Amateur Sport
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Herefordshire
Governance
Registration history:
- 08 October 1963: Standard registration
- 23 October 1993: Removed
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- HEREFORDSHIRE VISION LINKS (Working name)
- HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- 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
- 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
9 Trustee(s)
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| GLYNN BAILEY | Chair | 27 October 2015 |
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| Kevin Smith | Trustee | 31 October 2019 |
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| Deborah Payne | Trustee | 31 October 2019 |
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| Debbie Baker | Trustee | 31 October 2019 |
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| Robin Dunford | Trustee | 18 October 2018 |
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| Elena Tanner | Trustee | 18 October 2017 |
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| Andy Bailey | Trustee | 09 July 2014 |
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| Alan Leary | Trustee | 10 October 2013 |
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| TONY FORD | Trustee | 25 May 2012 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £157.95k | £178.83k | £109.15k | £187.88k | £150.48k | |
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Total expenditure | £165.33k | £115.46k | £137.44k | £142.18k | £155.09k | |
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Income from government contracts | £104.00k | £114.00k | £104.00k | £115.00k | £115.00k | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 23 January 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 23 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 08 March 2022 | 36 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 08 March 2022 | 36 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 28 January 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 29 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |