## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date Charity name: Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK Charity registration number: 1166368** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 (deafblind)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.**| |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 websitewww.hi-vis.org and**
**through the delivery of training and**
**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, support and training for**
**individuals and organisations**
**concerned with or affected by dual**
**sensory loss.**
**We have developed and continue to**
**update and improve an on-line learning**
**platform 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 older people with the condition.**
**We have also continued to deliver**
**accredited training to a range of people**
**from charitable, public and NHS**
**organisations.**
**We have developed online resources**
**and email bulletins to advise front line**
**professionals how to support people**
**who are deafblind, their families and**
**carers**
**We have developed new resources,**
**including training opportunities for**
**those working as independent**
**advocates, deaf enablement workers**
**and those working with Multi-Sensory**
**Impaired (deafblind children)**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41| |---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |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|**Our main source of income comes from**
**delivering affordable training to local**
**authorities and NHS Organisations. This**
**has remained quite steady this year due**
**to the increase in older people requiring**
**services from local authorities in line**
**with their entitlement under the Care Act**
**2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005**| |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 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: |||| |---|---|---| |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 Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties 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
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Sutton|Chair||| ||Karen Winspear|||| ||Janice Lavers|||| ||Dr Richelle Duffy|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **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)**
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**Date**|_David A Sutton_|| |---|---|---| ||David Andrew Sutton|| ||
Chair|| ||24thNovember 2025|| ||24thNovember 2025|| |**Hearing Impairment asnd Visual Impairment Support UK**|**Hearing Impairment asnd Visual Impairment Support UK**|**1166368**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |01-Apr-24
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31-Mar-25||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**103 828**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103 828**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103 828**
**34 171**
**951**
**624**
**3 612**
**36 613**
**12 189**
**5 126**
**9 874**
**-**
**103 160**
**-**
**-**
**103 160**
**103 160**
**668**
**-**
**-**
**668**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**103 828**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103 828**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103 828**
**34 171**
**951**
**624**
**3 612**
**36 613**
**12 189**
**5 126**
**9 874**
**-**
**103 160**
**-**
**-**
**103 160**
**103 160**

**668**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**103 828**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103 828**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103 828**
**34 171**
**951**
**624**
**3 612**
**36 613**
**12 189**
**5 126**
**9 874**
**-**
**103 160**
**-**
**-**
**103 160**
**103 160**

**668**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Income From TrainingActivities|**103 828**|||||**116 210**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**103 828**|||||**116 210**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**116 210**| |||||||| |Payroll|**34 171**|||||**34 171**| |Pension Contribution|**951**|||||**951**| |Insurance|**624**|||||**560**| |Telephone,Internet,Postage|**3 612**|||||**2 996**| |Cost of Charitable Activities|**36 613**|||||**41 637**| |Online Resources Development|**12 189**|||||**14 170**| |Professional Fees|**5 126**|||||**4 136**| |Travel and Accommodation|**9 874**|||||**11 260**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**103 160**|||||**109 881**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |**Computer Equipment**|**-**|||||**4 136**| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**103 160**|||||**114 017**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||\| |||||||**114 017**| |||||||| ||**668**|**-**|**-**|
**668**||**2 193**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**668**|**-**|**-**|**668**||**2 193**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
_David Sutton_
**Details**
**Details**
cash funds
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**668**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**668**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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Print Name
David Sutton|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||_David Sutton_|David Sutton|28-Nov-25| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 42 Blind Lane Newbottle Tyne and Wear DH4 5JN 17 December 2025 Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK, Centre for Independent Livin& Burbank Street. Hartlepool. Dear Oavid 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 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in re5pett of my examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under settion 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 14515)Ibl of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to mv attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in 3ny 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. Yours sincerely Ralph Douthwaite