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|Coproduction<br>—our members<br>to actively shape service develop|Coproduction<br>—our members<br>to actively shape service develop|me|nt|nt|
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|~|92 new members<br>joined (pre-Covid<br>target of 100)||~|Collaborate<br>with 8 external<br>organisations|
|~|50service enablers<br>engaged<br>in operational||~|Further embed our model,<br>Heart ofa Charity,|
|~|development<br>meetings<br>Surpassed<br>engagement<br>for peer support<br>by 20%||~|Mindset ofa Business<br>Introduce<br>quarterly<br>evening<br>and weekend<br>sessions to<br>further engage working<br>age members|
|Community|—improving<br>our reach and engagement<br>in Croydon|through|||
||Engaged<br>with 3 new schools to raise awareness<br>Ever-increasing<br>number<br>of members<br>reached<br>through<br>Bricks &Clicks<br>Our new mobility vehicle has enhanced<br>outreach||~<br>~<br>~|Focus on local areas of deprivation<br>and reach 200<br>newly diagnosed<br>visually<br>impaired<br>(Vl) people<br>Develop 5 new partnerships<br>in our community<br>Activate the 'Lost 500' project, reaching<br>people<br>who've fallen between<br>the gape in the referral system|
|Accessibility|—transforming<br>our premises<br>and improving<br>technology|||usage|
||Lift and building<br>work to commence<br>in 2022<br>Built a tech studio to improve<br>virtual services||~|To obtain a Mobile tech hub, allowing<br>us to work<br>smarter<br>and increase reach|
||Produced<br>our own podcasts<br>and 'Did you know7'<br>videos||~<br>~|Become a specialised<br>contractor for IT certified training<br>Build tech trailblazer<br>credentials<br>and pilot accessible|
|||||tech|
|Holistic Health —putting<br>our members<br>at the centre oftheir care|||pathways:||
|~|Developed<br>Living with Sight Loss workshops,||~|Commercially<br>align with 7 new businesses<br>(CSR),|
||6sessions<br>undertaken<br>so far|||on eye health awareness|
|~|Moorfields<br>Low Vision Clinic now operates at||~|Improve<br>the referral<br>pathway<br>between<br>statutory,|
||Croydon<br>Vision; a one-hub<br>approach|||medical<br>and supporl services|
|Sustainable|Reach —improving<br>our brand, communications,<br>and||income stream:||
|~|Defined our culture to improve<br>branding<br>and||~|The use of PESTLE analysis<br>for in/outward|
|~|impact<br>Facilitated 7Visual Awareness<br>Workshops||~|assessment<br>Development<br>ofa communication<br>strategy<br>and an|
||(revenue<br>generation)<br>Recruited<br>a Trusts<br>& Foundation<br>Fundraiser||~|Impact Officer<br>Connecting<br>with 2 sight loss charities,<br>building|
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|||Notes|funds<br>F|funds<br>8|funds<br>f|||
|INCOMING<br>AND ENDOWMENT|FROM:|||||||
|Donations<br>and Legacies|||66,081|||66,081|224,041|
|Charitable<br>activities|||114,062|308,111||422,173|246,021|
|Other trading<br>activities|||43,789|||43,789|72,315|
|Investments|||15|||15|30|
|Other Income|||||||15,287|
|Total Income|||223,947|308,111||532,058|557,695|
|EXPENDITURE ON:||||||||
|Raising funds|||2,843|4,694||7,537|35,403|
|Charitable<br>activities|||244,625|297,839|15,406|557,870|479,751|
|Total Expenditure|||247,468|302,533|15,406|565,407|515,154|
|Operating<br>(Deficit)/Surplus|||(23,521)|5,578|(15,406)|(33,349)|42,541|
|Net gains/(losses)<br>on investments||||||||
|Net (expenses)/Income|||(23,521)|5,578|(15,406)|(33,349)|42,541|
|Transfer between<br>funds|||116,127|,244|~424,444|||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||92,606|10,862|(136,817)|(33,349)|42,541|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS||19/20||||||
|TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD|||684,882|33,258|1,200,203|1,918,343|1,875,802|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||777,488|44,120|1,063,386|1,884,994|1,918,343|





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|FIXEDASSETS|||||
|Tangible assets||14|1,419,101|1,439,570|
|Investments||15|458|458|
||||1,419,559|1,440,028|
|CURRENT ASSETS|||||
|Stock|||1,722|1,686|
|Debtors: amounts|falling due within one year|16|41,337|50,781|
|Cash at bank|||478,855|465,136|
||||521,914|517,603|
|LIABILITIES|||||
|Creditors: Amounts|falling due within one year|17|(56,479)|(39,288)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|||465,435|478,315|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESSCURRENT LIABILITIES|||1,884,994|1,918,343|
|NET ASSETS|||1,884,994|1,918,343|
|TOTAL FUNDS OF THE CHARITY|||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||352,802|205,602|
|Designated<br>funds|||424,686|479,280|
|Restricted<br>funds|||44,120|33,258|
|Endowment<br>funds|||1,063,386|1,200,203|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||1,884,994|1,918,343|





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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities:<br>Net cash provided<br>by operating<br>activities||||~32668|110,903|
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|Cash flows from investing|activities|||||
|Sale of investments||||||
|Sale offixed assets||||1||
|Purchase<br>offixed assets||||~18,950)|18,470|
|Cash provided<br>by (used in)|investing||activities|(18,949)|(18,470)|
|Increase<br>in cash and cash equivalents||in the year||13,719|92,433|
|expended||||||
|Cash and cash equivalents|at the start ofthe year|||465,136|372,703|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at the end||ofthe year|478,855|~465 136|
|CASH FLOW NOTES||||||
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|Reconciliation<br>of net movement<br>in funds to net||||||
|cash flow from operating<br>activities||||||
|Net (expenditure)<br>income for <br>per the statement<br>offinancial|the reporting<br>period (as<br>activities)|||(33,349)|42,541|
|Adjustments<br>for:<br>Add back depreciation<br>charge<br>(Increase)/decrease<br>in stock<br>Decrease<br>in debtors||||39,418<br>(36)<br>9,444|34,681<br>314<br>45,970|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors||||17,191|~12,603)|
|Net cash used in operating|activities|||32,668|110,903|
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|Donations||13,242|5,378|
|Grants and Service Level|fees|49,839|35,150|
|Legacies, Bequests and<br>Salary Contribution|In Memory|3,000|173,750<br>9,763|
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|Grants <br>Grants|-restricted<br>—unrestricted|Activity<br>Seeing the Bigger Picture<br>Core Services|105,967<br>93,834|f<br>95,116<br>29,050|
|Grants<br>Grants<br>Grants<br>Grants|—restricted<br>—restricted<br>—restricted<br>- restricted|Children<br>and Young People's Programme<br>Working<br>Age<br>Outreach<br>and Progression<br>Seven-Seater Vehicle|48,990<br>23,643|48,643<br>11,250<br>16,649<br>13,000|
|Grants|—restricted|VCF Emergency<br>Covid-19|7,204||
|Crants|—restricted|Delivering<br>Differently|27,887||
|Grants|- restricted|Tech For Success|57,850||
|Grants<br>Service|- restricted<br> users Income - unrestricted|CAF Resilience<br>Core Services|36,570<br>13,349|29,549|
|Goods|for resale - unrestricted|Core Services|1,066|2,764|
|Sundry|Income<br>—unrestricted|Core Services|5,813||
||||422,173|246,021|
|INCOME FROM TRADING ACTIVITIES|||||
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|Fundraising<br>Hall hire<br>Rent received|||12,951<br>4,660<br>26,178|13,798<br>36,943<br>21,575|
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||AGM, Marketing<br>Direct fundraising|costs and Rebrand<br>costs|5,721<br>1,816|16,771<br>18,632|
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||Direct costs|Governance|2021|2020|
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||f|f|Totalsf|Totalsf|
|Seeing the Bigger Picture<br>Core Senrices|111,705<br>246,802|2,100<br>13,229|113,805<br>260,031|99,742<br>312,902|
|Children<br>and Young People Project|50,139||50,139|41,943|
|Working<br>Age<br>Outreach<br>and Progression|23,778||23,778|10,779<br>14,385|
|VCF Emergency<br>Covid-19<br>Delivering<br>Differently|6,460<br>27,874|744<br>13|7,204<br>27,887||
|Tech For Success|38,412||38,412||
|CAF Resilience|36,614||36,614||
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|Accountancy<br>fees<br>Health<br>& Safety<br>HR fees||6,100<br>5,541<br>3,065|8,225<br>3,542<br>3,071|
|Independent<br>Payroll fees|Examiner fee|990<br>390|990<br>843|
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|Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs|294,663<br>20,216|250,574<br>16,331|
|Pension costs|14,323|7,180|
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|Senior|Management|Team||4|4|
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|TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS|||||
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||Property|Property||Totals|
||Unrestricted<br>f|Endowment<br>f|||
|COSTNALUATION|||||
|At 1 April 2020|344,581|1,155,419|158,779|1,658,779|
|Additions|||18,950|18,950|
|Disposal|||(15,682)|(15,682)|
|At 31 March 2021|344,581|1,155,419|162,047|~1662047|
|DEPRECIATION|||||
|At 1 April 2020|22,852|76,627|119,730|219,209|
|Charge for year<br>Eliminated<br>on disposal|4,594|15,406|19,418<br>~15,681)|39,418<br>~15,681)|
|At 31 March 2021|27,446|92,033|123,467|242,946|
|NET BOOK VALUE|||||
|At 31 March 2021|317135|1,063366|38,580|~1419 101|
|Ai 31 March 2020|321,729|1,078,792|39,049|1,439,570|



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|At 1 April 2020|458|458|
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|16.|DEBTO|RS:|AM|OUNTS|F|ALL|ING|D|UE WITHIN O|NE Y|EAR||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||Accrued|income|||||||||||29,800|35,400|
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|17.|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS|||||FALLING|||DUE WITHIN|ONE|YEAR||||
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||Trade creditors||||||||||||5,819|9,875|
||Deferred|income|||||||||||44,014|25,412|
||Other creditors|||and accrued expenses|||||||||6,646|4,000|
||||||||||||||~56 479|39,288|
|18.|ANALYSIS OF|||NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS|||||||||||
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|||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total|
||||||||||Funds||Funds<br>f.|Funds<br>f|Funds<br>f|Fundsf|
||Fixed assets||||||||352,821||2,894|1,063,386|1,419,101|1,439,570|
||Investments||||||||458||||458|458|
||Current <br>Current|assets<br>liabilities||||||434,987<br>~40,778|||86,927<br>~45,701)||521,914<br>~56479|517,603<br>~39288|
||||||||||777 488||44,120|1,063 386|1,884,994|1,918,343|
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|||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total|
||||||||||Funds<br>f||Funds<br>f|Funds<br>f|Funds<br>f|Funds<br>f|
||Fixed assets||||||||354,991||5,787|1,078,792|1,439,570|1,455,781|
||Investments||||||||458||||458|458|
||Current <br>Current|assets<br>liabilities||||||340,429<br>~40,866|||55,763<br>~28,292)|121,411|517,603<br>~39,288|471,454<br>~51,891|
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||||||At 1/4/20<br>8|in funds<br>6|between|funds<br>f||At 31/3/21<br>8|
||Unrestricted<br>funds||||||||||
||General<br>fund —Free reserves||||205,602|(18,927)||166,127||352,802|
||Designated<br>funds||||||||||
||Designated<br>fund|—Freehold|building||321,729|(4,594)||||317,135|
||Designated<br>fund|—Minibus|||50,000|||(50,000)|||
||Designated<br>fund|—Lift project|||107,551|||||107,551|
||||||684,882|(23,521)||116,127||777,488|
||Restricted<br>funds||||||||||
||Children<br>and Young People's||Project||24,413|(1,149)||||23,548|
||Croydon<br>Relief in|Need - Outreach||Project|1,971|(135)||||1,836|
||BIG Lottery<br>—Seeing the Bigger Picture||||(6,126)|(8,174)||17,956||3,656|
||Seven-Seater Vehicle||||13,000|||(13,000)|||
||Croydon<br>Council|- VCF Emergency||Covid-19|||||||
||London Funders|—Delivering|Differently||||||||
||Big Lottery - Tech For Success<br>CAF Resilience|||||15,080<br>~44)|||44|15,080|
||||||33,258|5,578||5,284||44,120|
||Endowment<br>funds||||||||||
||Freehold<br>Building||||1,078,792|(15,406)||||1,063,386|
||Investment<br>fund||||121,411||~121||411)||
||||||1,200,203|(15,406)||||1,063,386|
||TOTAL FUNDS||||~1918,343|~33,349)||||~1884,994|
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||General<br>fund||||223,947|(242,874)||||(18,927)|
||Designated<br>fund|—Freehold|building|||(4,594)||||(4,594)|
||Designated<br>fund|—Lift project|||||||||
||||||223,947|(247,468)||||(23,521)|
||Restricted funds||||||||||
||Children<br>and Young People's||Project||48,990|(50,139)||||(1,149)|
||Croydon<br>Relief in Need<br>—Outreach|||Project|23,643|(23,778)||||(135)|
||BIG Lottery<br>—Seeing the Bigger Picture||||105,967|(114,141)||||(8,174)|
||Seven-Seater<br>Vehicle||||||||||
||Croydon<br>Council|—VCF Emergency||Covid-19|7,204|(7,204)|||||
||London Funders|—Delivering|Differently||27,887|(27,887)|||||
||Big Lottery<br>—Tech For Success<br>CAF Resilience||||57,850<br>36,570|(42,770)<br>~36614)||||15,080<br>~44)|
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||Freehold<br>Building|||||(15,406)||||(15,406)|
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|General<br>fund —Free reserves||||232,973|63,078||(90,449)|205,602|
|Designated<br>funds|||||||||
|Designated<br>fund —Freehold||building||326,323|(4,594)|||321,729|
|Designated<br>fund —Minibus||||50,000||||50,000|
|Designated<br>fund —Lift project||||30,000|~12,449)||90,000|107,551|
|||||639,296|46,035||(449)|684,882|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||||||
|Children<br>and Young People's||Project||18,377|6,036|||24,413|
|Croydon<br>Relief in Need|—Outreach||Project||1,971|||1,971|
|BIG Lottery- Seeing the Bigger Picture||||3,440|(9,566)|||(6,126)|
|Seven-Seater<br>Vehicle<br>Working<br>Age||||~920)|13,000<br>471||449|13,000|
|||||20,897|11,912||449|33,258|
|Endowment<br>funds|||||||||
|Freehold<br>Building||||1,094,198|(15,406)|||1,078,792|
|Investment<br>fund||||121,411||||~121411|
|||||1,215,609|(15,406)|||1,200,203|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||1,875,802|42,541|||1,918,343|
|Net movement<br>in funds|for the current year are|||as follows:|||||
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|General<br>fund||||373,037|(309,959)|||63,078|
|Designated<br>fund —Freehold<br>building<br>Designated<br>fund —Lift project|||||(4,594)<br>~12,449)|||(4,594)<br>~12,449)|
|||||373,037|(327,002)|||46,035|
|Restricted funds|||||||||
|Children<br>and Young People's||Project||48,643|(42,607)|||6,036|
|Croydon<br>Relief in Need|—Outreach||Project|16,649|(14,678)|||1,971|
|BIG Lottery - Seeing the Bigger Picture||||95,116|(104,682)|||(9,566)|
|Seven-Seater<br>Vehicle||||13,000||||13,000|
|Working<br>Age||||11,250|~10,779)|||471|
|||||184,658|(172,746)|||11,912|
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|Freehold<br>Building|||||(15,406)|||(15,406)|
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|TOTAL FUNDS||||557,695|~515 154)|||42,541|





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|Se tember 2021|Tenderin|for buildin<br>work*3|uotes||&a|ointment||||
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|17w December 2021|Closure of CV Christmas<br>break|||||||||
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|Voluntary<br>income<br>Donations|||||13,242|5,378|
|Grants and service level||contracts|||49,839|35,150|
|Legacies, Bequests, and<br>Salary contribution||in Memory|||3,000|173,750<br>9,763|
||||||66,081|224,041|
|Incoming<br>resources<br>Service users' income|from||charitable|activities|13,349|29,549|
|Grants|||||401,945|213,708|
|Goods for resale|||||1,066|2,764|
|Sundry<br>income|||||5,813||
||||||422,173|246,021|
|Activities for generating<br>Fundraising<br>events<br>Hall hire|||funds||12,951<br>4,660|13,798<br>36,943|
|Rent received|||||26,178|21,575|
||||||43,789|72,316|
|Investment<br>Income|||||||
|Dividends|||||15|30|
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|Other Income|||||||
|Sundry income||||||15,287|
|Total incoming<br>resources|||||532,058|557,695|
|Fundraising<br>costs<br>AGM, Marketing<br>costs and <br>Direct fundraising<br>costs|||rebrand||5,721<br>1,816|16,771<br>18,632|
||||||7,537|35,403|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||
|Staff Salaries<br>Team Training<br>(staff and <br>Staff Recruitment||volunteers)|||329,202<br>10,009<br>89|274,085<br>8,349<br>619|
|Contract Staff|||||19,619|7,230|
|Staff Travelling<br>and Meetings<br>Consultancy<br>Depreciation<br>Direct Projects expenses<br>Flat expenses<br>Hall expenses<br>IT and website|||||744<br>2,469<br>39,418<br>39,227<br>1,395<br>461<br>16,143|3,236<br>34,681<br>52,216<br>6,002<br>4,487<br>8,055|
|Office Administration|||||25,378|22,291|
|Premises expenses<br>Feasibility<br>Study<br>—Lift <br>Volunteer expenses|project||||35,020<br>19,353<br>3,257|27,094<br>12,449<br>2,286|
||||||541,784|463,080|





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|||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|Governance|costs|||
|Accountancy<br>fees<br>Health 8 Safety<br>HR fees<br>Independent<br>Examiner fee<br>Payroll fees||6,100<br>5,541<br>3,065<br>990<br>390|8,225<br>3,542<br>3,071<br>990<br>843|
|||16,086|16,671|
|Total resources expended||565,407|515,154|
|Operating|(Deficit)/Surplus|~33,349)|42,541|



