## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2021 Period start date to 31 March 2022 Period end date**
**Charity name: Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK Charity registration number: 1166368**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Raising awareness of the public in**
**relation to the challenges faced by dual**
**sensory impaired people including by**
**highlighting the needs of people living**
**with acquired dual sensory impairments**
**and associated acquired communication**
**disorders; and advancing the education**
**and skills of those caring for people**
**with, or facing, dual sensory**
**impairment, in order to improve the**
**conditions of life of such people and**
**enabling them to live the lives they**
**choose for themselves.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Hi-Vis UK continues to raise awareness**
**of dual sensory loss through resources**
**on our website www.hi-vis.org and**
**through the delivery of trainingand talks**
**to local authorities, third sector**
**organisations, NHS organisations and**
**individuals throughout England.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**I can confirm that the trustees have**
**understood the guidance on public**
**benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Hi-Vis UK continues to establish itself**
**as a leader in providing information,**
**advice and support for individuals and**
**organisations concerned with or**
**affected by dual sensory loss.**
**Thanks to support from the Big Lottery**
**Fund , which ended in December 2021,**
**we have developed and continue to**
**update and improve an on-line learning**
**platform,https://hi-visuklearning.org to**
**allow free access to anyone in England**
**who is interested in understanding the**
**impacts of dual sensory loss, and how**
**mobility, access to information and**
**communication issues impacts on**
**increasing numbers of, not just, older**
**people with the condition.**
**We have also continued to deliver**
**accredited training to a range of people**
**from charitable, public and NHS**
**organisations.**
**Due to the continuing impact of Covid-**
**19 restrictions on public life we have**
**continued to develop resources to**
**advise front line professionals and**
**carers how to communicate and support**
**people living with deafblindness.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Thanks to the support from Big Lottery,**
**our future was known to be secure until**
**the end of 2021. Since then we have**
**received funding from our local**
**authority partners to cover the costs of**
**the project until March 2022**
**Our expenditure has been used in**
**accordance with restrictions of the**
**grants.**
**We have also derived some income from**
**delivering face to face training to**
**external public sector organisations.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Not Applicable at this time**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**At this stage of our development we**
**utilise almost all of our unrestricted**
**income in the delivery of our charitable**
**objectives**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not Applicable**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Hi-Vis UK|
|Registered charity number|1166368|
|Charity’s principal address|The Centre for Independent Living
Burbank Street
Hartlepool
TS24 7NY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||David Sutton|Chair|||
||Karen Winspear||||
||Janice Lavers||||
||Dr Richelle Duffy||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** _David A Sutton_ **Full name(s)** David Andrew Sutton **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 19th January 2023
**Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK**
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## **Recei ts and a ments accou p p y**
**For the period** 01-Apr-21 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Endowment funds**
|**A1 Receipts**|1
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**37,639**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,639**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,639**
**6,663**
**270**
**-**
**1,312**
**372**
**-**
**-**
**566**
**-**
**9,183**
**4,126**
**-**
**4,126**
**13,309**
**24,330**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**69,900**
**-**
**992**
**20,767**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**91,659**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**91,659**
**91,659**
**700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,164**
**5,333**
**100,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100,856**
**- 9,197**
**-**
**-**|29/01/2023
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
|national lottery grant|**-**|||
|income from trainingactivities|**37,639**|||
|Government Furlough Scheme||||
|L A Grants|**-**|||
||**-**|||
||**-**|||
||**-**|||
||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**37,639**|||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||
||**-**|||
||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||
|
wages,salaries and national insurance|**6,663**|||
|pension contributions|**270**|||
|rent/hire of rooms|**-**|||
|insurance|**1,312**|||
|telephone,internet andpostage|**372**|||
|cost of charitable activities|**-**|||
|online resources development|**-**|||
|professional fees|**566**|||
|travel and accommodation|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,183**|||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||
|**computer equipment**|**4,126**|||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**4,126**|||
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**||||
_**Cash funds this year end**_ **24,330 - 9,197 -**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the perio**
|**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**24,330**|
|||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
**B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
|||**Fund to which asset**|
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|**Details**||**belongs**|
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|**Details**||**belongs**|
## **B5 Liabilities**
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**liability relates**|
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|Signature
_David Sutton_|Print N|
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
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**166368**
## **unts CC16a** 31-Mar-22
## **Total funds Last year**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
|**69,900**||**169,120**|
|---|---|---|
|**37,639**||**6,426**|
|**992**||**3,852**|
|**20,767**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**129,298**||**179,398**|
|**-**|||
|---|---|---|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**129,298**||**179,398**|
|**98,322**||**99,504**|
|---|---|---|
|**970**||**974**|
|**-**||**4,920**|
|**1,312**||**1,588**|
|**372**||**5,453**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**3,164**||**29,553**|
|**566**||**1,620**|
|**5,333**||**9,010**|
|**110,039**||**\**|
|**4,126**||**9,752**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**-**||||
|**4,126**||**9,752**||
|**114,165**||**#VALUE!**||
|**15,133**||**#VALUE!**||
|**-**|||**-**|
|~~5~~
**-**|||**-**|
CCXX R5 accounts (SS)
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**15,133**
## **#VALUE!**
CCXX R6 accounts (SS)
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## **od**
|**od**||
|---|---|
|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- 9,197**
OK
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||**-**|
||**-**|
||**-**|
||**-**|
||OK|
||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|7
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**|**When due**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**||
|**-**||
CCXX R7 accounts (SS)
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CCXX R8 accounts (SS)
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Independent examinerfs report to The Trustees of Hearing Impairment &
Visual Impairment Support UK
Dear David Sutton
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Hearing
Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK for the year ended 31 March
2022.
Responsibilities and basi5 of report
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts
in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act'l.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under
section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed
all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section
145{5)Ibl of the Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to
believe that in any material respect: l. accounting records were not kept in
respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do
not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with
the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to
enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: MT Steel
Address: 13 Greendale Gardens, Hetton le Hole. Tyne & Wear DH5 OEF