BLIND IN BUSINESS TRUST

Charity Number: 1011957
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We provide a Training Service for blind and sight impaired teenagers to support them towards employment. We offer a comprehensive Employment Service helping school leavers, undergraduates and graduates into employment throughout the United Kingdom. We also support families, employers and professionals in all aspects of education. All with the theme of raising confidence and aspirations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £398,775
Total expenditure: £335,139

People

7 Trustee(s)

84 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

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
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 June 1992: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Jane Cathral Chair 18 May 2021
None on record
Alex Hannigan-Train Trustee 16 October 2024
None on record
Rupert Timothy Marks Trustee 30 May 2023
None on record
Daniel Charles Hartland Trustee 30 May 2023
None on record
Robert Keller Trustee 25 March 2019
None on record
Daniel Smith Trustee 10 December 2018
None on record
STEVE NORTON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £276.34k £229.78k £220.23k £250.53k £398.78k
Total expenditure £257.89k £262.35k £256.36k £295.15k £335.14k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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
Annual return 31 March 2024 25 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 25 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 18 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 18 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 12 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 12 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 05 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 05 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 25 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 11 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 1ST JUNE 1992 as amended on 21 Sep 2022

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED BY IMPROVING AND ASSISTING IN AND BY THE USE AND APPLICATION OF ADAPTED OR SPECIALIST COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD

Contact information

Address:
MBX 102
690 London Road
GRAYS
Essex
RM20 3LD
Phone:
02075881885
Email:
info@blindinbusiness.org.uk
Website:

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