REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE007916
(England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY
NUMBER: 1169324
ort of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year ended 31 March 2024
John D Froggett FAIA
The Accountancy
Practice 41 High Street
Royston
Hertfordshire
SG8 9AW

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Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Page
Chairman's Report
Report of Trustees
10 to 19
Independent Examiner's Report
20 to 21
Statement of Financial Activities
22 to23
Balance Sheet
24 to 26
Notes to the Financial Statements
27 to 38

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Chairman's Re
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for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
My appointment as the new chair of the Board of trustees
tookeffect in April 2024, succeeding John Thompson as
interimchair since 2022. 1 look forward to working with
Sharonschaffer, our CEO, and I would like to thank John
for his contributions and leadership in this position. His
experience and balanced approach have greatly benefited the
board. John played an important role in recruiting new
trustees to the Support 4 Sight Board,
which
now
includes a greater representation of individuals with sight loss.
I would like to welcome new trustee Clive Farley. who brings a
wealth of advertising experience as well as skills gained
through volunteering with
charities.
The
Board
also
welcomed Shamim Ali as the new treasurer, who has over
10 years experience in finance as well as lived experience
being partially sighted.
During the last 12 months, Support 4 Sight has seen much
success, largely due to grant funding and collaborative
working. Community funding also supports our services and
activities, which is vital as the demand for our seniices
grows. Throughout 2024 Support 4 Sight celebrates its 30th
anniversary with some great fundraising activities as part of our
Quirky 30 Challenge campaign. This started in January and
continues, with people participating in various events,
across the year. This is a milestone year and I look forward to
seeing all the celebrations.
Continuing to grow the organisation will allow us to provide
our services to more people in need in the future. The Board
will continue to support and provide leadership to our CEO in
order to meet the needs of our beneficiaries and find creative
ways to fund our seniices in 2024125.
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The Board of Trustees would like to thank:
Our CEO, Sharon Schaffer, and her dedicated and hardworking team.
Sharon provides strong leadership, and her passion for what she
does is evident in the positive work that is produced by her team. With
a busy calendar of events, such as hosting coffee rnornings and
befriending services, and maintaining the charity's digital presence,
the team show a true passion to support the Charity.
Our volunteers for the time they give to support and enable blind and
visually impaired people. Providing our services and reaching those
who need them would not be possible without the dedicated
volunteers we rely on.
Following a short illness, Support 4 Sight lost Graham Hawkes, a
much loved colleague. I had the pleasure of working with Graham for
a short period of time, whose contributions are immeasurable.
Graham's passing is a huge loss to the organisation, and the
community will benefit for years to come from his work.
Continuing to grow the organisation will allow us to provide our
services to more people in need in the future. The board will continue
to support and provide leadership to our CEO in order to meet the
needs of our beneficiaries and find creative ways to fund our seNices
in 2024 25.
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Annual report:
Essex County Council Sensory contract:
Over the past eighteen months we have been working closely with
Essex County Council, Essex Vision, and the wider Essex Sensory
Partnership. to redesign the delivery of sensory services across the
county to make them work better and more effectively for people with
sight and hearing loss.
The new Sensory Service was launched on 1st November 2023.
Along with our existing information, advice and guidance services, we
are now delivering assessments for blind and partially sighted people
as part of this statutory service. The Sight Loss MOT is a
comprehensive assessment created by Devon in Sight and used
across the UK. This assessment swiftly identifies each person's needs
and enables immediate access to in-house support together with a
fluid route to the Essex Cares Sensory Team, for specialist
rehabilitation ser￿iceS when needed.
A similar arrangement is in place for people with hearing loss, via
Hearing Help Essex.
Waiting lists for specialist rehabilitation have already been reduced as
we work together to ensure that each person receives support in the
right place, at the right time, for them.
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Chairman's Re
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for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Thanks to Sue King, Services and Volunteer Manager, for being
instrumental in putting the assessment service into action.
We look forward to embedding this further in the coming year
as we work towards eliminating waiting lists and providing
seamless support.
Support 4 Employment..
Over the past five years our employment ser￿ice, Support 4
Employment, has engaged with over 300 blind and partially
sighted people, building their confidence and skills to enable
them to make informed choices about their working life and
career possibilities. We have assisted 400/0 of them to gain or
retain employment, as well as supporting others into volunteering
opportunities
In recognition of this award-winning service (Visionary Connect
Award 2022) and its impact on blind and partially sighted working
age people across Essex we have secured a further five years
funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. This funding
enables us to step up our outreach to ensure we reach even
more people and to work more closely with employers in
awareness-raising and training..
Thanks to Zsuzsanna Hybel for managing and delivering such a
highly regarded, award winning service.
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Roaming Resource Centre:
Whilst much of our stock of assistive equipment is held at our
Chelmsford Office, which provides a good base for local
consultations, the majority of our demonstrations are now delivered
as part of our coffee mornings across the region or through home
visits (often in conjunction with MOT Assessments).
This community delivery model is embedding well and providing an
agile service befitting the new outlook and opportunities of the post
pandemic landscape.
Social activities and Volunteering:
Thanks are extended to Constance Pomphrett for filling the gap
while we assessed ways forward following the loss of Graham
Hawkes, and to Elizabeth Sandwell for continuing to develop our
activities in Saffron Walden.
As we entered 2024125, our social calendar of activities and outings
came back on track, with thanks to our pool of volunteers.
We have 39 fantastic regular volunteers - 46 % of whom have lived
experience of sight loss - who provide support at these events, as
well as with our befriending services and administration.
Board of Trustees:
We welcomed a new Treasurer, and built on the expertise within the
board, which now stands at 11 trustees.
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Fundraising:
The year focused on fundraising from trusts and foundations and
public bodies ranging from the National Lottery Community Fund to
district councils within Essex as well as Essex County Council
itself.
We engage a freelance fundraiser to support our fundraising
planning and bid writing (see the note on Related Parties
below) .
Ideas for community fundraising events and activities are now
starting to reemerge after the pandemic. It is hoped that
this can be built on next year.
We do not employ any third party fundraisers or commercial
operators.
During the year we received no complaints regarding our
fundraising activity.
Related Parties
Ruth Mulandi, who is on our Board of Trustees, was engaged as a
fundraiser on a freelance basis and received fee
payments amounting to £3,666 in this capacity.
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Chairman's Re
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Environmental sustainability:
We undertook a review of our environmental practices and
updated our policy to embed environmentally responsible
practices more proactively into our day-to-day work.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
We are mindful to ensure that we are inclusive for people with
sight loss regardless of their backgrounds, and other protected
characteristics. During 2023124 we started to develop
approaches to be more proactive about inclusion. Strategies to
diversify our Board had already started to come to fruition in
2022123. In 2023124 we developed outreach and engagement
plans to widen our reach and to proactively take into account
lived experience of sight loss in our recruitment and other
processes.
Reserves Policy:
Having reviewed the charity's financial position at the end of
2023124, Support 4 Sight currently holds the required levels of
closing-down reserves; the funds to cover unexpected
expenditure or shortfalls in income stands at 9%, which the
Trustees consider close enough to our target figure of 10%
which we will continue to work towards.
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Outputs:
Thank you to Micheal Lovell for collating our annual outputs:
Thanks to the support of our funders, donors, volunteers and
members in 2023 - 2024:
We supported with:
698 calls and visits to our office
1357 telephone support and befriending calls
72 home visits
We had:
781 attendances at our coffee mornings
162 attendances at our lunch and supper clubs
380 attendances on social trips
10294 visits to our website
3644 followers on our social media
On our Support 4 Employment programme".
80 people were active on this seNice in the year
24 people gained or retained jobs
7 people took up volunteering roles
255 new people were referred into our services
34 people took our Sight Loss MOT assessment launched in
November
Responses to our Autumn Survey show the levels of impact these
services have made:
90 % said we made a difference to their Emotional Wellbeing
86 % to their Social Inclusion
76 % to their Choice & Control (Independence)
660/0 to Understanding their Eye Condition (Health)
60 % to their Financial Wellbeing
"You've made me feel like having a disability doesn't define you
as a person and that I can actually get to where I need to be in the
future."
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Chairman's Re
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
A word from our CEO, Sharon Schaffer
The 2023124 financial year has seen the fruition of some long-laid
plans which are now set to launch us into a new year of greater
security both financially and operationally.
However, in the autumn of 2023, we suffered the loss of our
much-valued colleague Graham Hawkes, who passed away
unexpectedly in October. Graham left a huge gap in our small,
tight-knit team and he is deeply missed. We are forever grateful
for the social events and our centre in Chelmsford, which
Graham established with such passion, are committed to building
on his legacy.
l am delighted that we have been commissioned to deliver key
elements of Essex County Council's statutory sensory service
and that we have also been awarded another 5 years funding
from the National Lottery Community Fund for our Support 4
Employment service.
These, along with the Low Vision service we deliver at the
Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, mean that we are
securely placed to provide support to people from the moment of
first diagnosis through to living long-term with sight loss.
These grants and contracts, coupled with a hugely pro-active
group of volunteers, a creative and passionate staff team and a
dedicated board of trustees mean that we are set to enter our
30th year with much to be proud and optimistic about.
Thank you to all our clientele whose experiences, feedback and
banter has helped shape our way forward.
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ort of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
The Irustees who are also directors of the charity for the
purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with
the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31
March 2024. The trustees have adopted Ihe provisions of
Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of
Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their
accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)(effective
1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The charities objectives are the relief of persons with a visual
impairment in Essex and surrounding areas and in
particular:
(i) To give information, advice, guidance, and support to blind,
partially sighted and deathblind people and those with acquired
sight loss, their families and carers;
(ii)To offer services which enhance the quality of life and social
involvement of people with sight loss
Details of activities undertaken by the organisation during the
year in carrying out its objective are provided in the
above sections.
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Significant activities
Public benefit
In accordance with their duties under the Charities Act 2011, it
is incumbent on the trustees to conduct a Public Benefit Test to
assess whether the charity has complied with its duties in due
regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity
Commission. The trustees are satisfied that Support 4 Sight
has complied with its duty in regards to the Public Benefit Test
over the past year based on the four principles of the
Comrnissions Guidance.
1. There must be an identifiable benefit:
Support 4 Sight's purpose is to provide support and relief to any
member of the public who has concerns about sight loss,
blindness or partial vision. Its services benefit a large number
of the public in the geographical areas it covers in Uttlesford,
Harlow, Epping, Braintree and Chelmsford in Essex.
2. Benefit must be to the public or a section ofthe public:
All the charities services are open to members ofthe public at
large and access to our services is not restrictive.
3. People on low incomes must be able to benefit:
The board of trustees recognises that many visually impaired
people are on low incomes, as people with impaired vision are
more likely to be unemployed in comparison to fully sighted
people. In addition many do not avail themselves of their
benefit entitlements. Support 4 Sight does not a e a charge
for its services ofsupport and advice and offers its services to
the public at large free of charge.
4. Any private benefit must be incidental:
The Trustees do not consider that any individual or organisation
receives 'private benefit, from the work of Support 4
Sight.
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Re
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for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
STRATEGIC REPORT
Financial review
Financial position
The tangible fixed assets net book value of £864.
The balance sheet position shows net current assets of
£181,600.
At the financial reporting date the charity held freely available
current reserves (being unrestricted net current assets) off
£181,600.
During the year with the continuing support from our grant
providers and the generous donations we have received, we
have been able to maintain our activities in this challenging
economic climate. Due to the tireless fundraising activities of our
staff, the charity generated a surplus of £41 ,369.
Reserves policy
The trustees regularly review the finances, budgets and cash
flows to aid effective stewardship of the charity.
The trustees recognise the restrictions placed, where applicable,
on donations, grants, and other incorne combined with relevant
expenditure in the financial year in order to accurately assess the
restricted fund levels as at the reporting date.
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Going Concern
The trustees are required to provide reasonable consideration to
satisfy themselves that the charity has the ability to continue as a
going concem. After due attention and review, the trustees consider
the going concern status of the charity to be appropriate and have
therefore adopted the going concem basis for the preparation of the
charity's accounts.
Funds in Deficit
The charity held no funds in deficit as at the financial reporting date
or the comparative financial reporting date.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its goveming document, a deed of trust,
and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined
by the Companies Act 2006.
The Charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust,
and constitutes a charitable incorporated organisation {ClO)
Charity Constitution
The charity is governed in accordance with its Constitution
registered on 23 September 2016.
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ort of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Recruitment of charity trustees:
The board of trustees requires breadth and depth of experience to
carry out its duties effectively and efficiently. When recruiting new
trustees, the important attribute is a passion for the work of the
charity and an understanding of its activities. When necessary
new trustees are recruited in accordance with the charity's
procedures. Potential candidates are briefed on the work of the
charity and its board. They are then invited to attend a board
meeting as an observer and put themselves forward for election in
accordance with the Constitution.
Eligibility fortrusteeship:
Every charity trustee must be a natural person. No one may be
appointed a charity trustee if.
he or she is under the age of16 years," or he or she would
automatically cease to hold office under on the basis of being
disqualified from acting as a charity trustee by virtue of section
178-180 of the Charities Act 2011 (or any statutory re-enactment
or modification of that provision)
Number of charity trustees;
There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls
below this minimum the remaining trustees or trustees may act only
to call a meeting of the charity trustees or appoint a new charity
trustee.
The maximum number of charity trustees is 12. The charity
trustees may not appoint any charity trustee if as a result the
number of charity trustees would exceed the maximum.
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Appolntment of charlty trustees
At every Annual General Meeting the members of the CIO one third
of the charity trustees shall retire from office. If the number of charity
trustees is not three or a multiple of three then the number nearest to
one third shall retire from office, but if there is only one charity trustee
he or she shall retire.
Reappointment of charity trustees:
Any person who retires as a charity trustee by rotation or by giving
notice to the CIO is eligible for reappointment. The charity trustees to
retire by rotation shall be those who have been longest in office since
their last appointment or reappointment. If any trustees were
appointed or reappointed on the same day those to retire shall
(unless they otherwise agree amongst themselves) be determined by
lot;
The vacancies so arising may be filed by the decision of the
members at the annual general meeting" any vacancies not filled at
the Annual General Meeting may be filled as provided in sub clause
(5) of this clause;
The members or the charity trustees may at any time decide to
appoint a new charity trustee, whether in place of a charity trustee
who has retired or been removed in accordance with clause (15)
(retirement and removal of charity trustee), or as an additional charity
trustee, provided that the limit specified in clause (12{3)) on the
number of charity trustees would not as a result be exceeded.
A Person so appointed by the members of the CIO shall retire in
accordance with the provisions of sub-clauses (2) and (3) of this
clause. A person so appointed by the charity trustees shall retire at
the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting after the date of
his or her appointment, and shall not be counted for the purpose of
determining which of the charity trustees is to retire by rotation at that
meeting;
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ort of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Recruitment of trustees should reflect the outcomes of a skills
audit to acquire or replace skills needed for the effective
governance of the charity as agreed by the board. Consideration
will be given by the board to ensure diversity amongst its
trustees and how to appropriately advertise the vacancies.
Applicants who appear suitable will be invited to interview the
charity's Chair of trustees and its leadership team and to attend
two trustee meetings as an observer. In the event of there being
a large number of applicants, those most closely matching the
skills required will be approached initially. Following two trustee
meetings as an observer the applicant will be asked whether
they wish to be appointed. The observations and
recommendations of the Chair will then be put to the following
meeting of trustees and a vote taken for appointing the trustee.
Decision Making
The charity trustee may delegate any of their powers or functions
to a committee or committees and, if Ihey do, they must
determine the terms and conditions on which the delegation is
made. The charity trustees may at any time alter those terms
and conditions or revoke the delegation.
This power is in addition to the power of delegation in the
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations
2012 and any other power of delegation available to the charity
trustees, but is subject to the following requirements:
A committee may consist of two or more persons, but at least
one member of each committee must be a charity trustee;
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The acts and proceedings of any committee must be brought to the
attention of the charity trustees as a whole as soon as is reasonably
practicable; and
The charity trustees shall from time to time review the arrangements
which they have made for the delegation of their powers.
Induction and training of news trustees
The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee
on or before his or her first appointment:
A copy of this constitution and any amendments made to it; and
A copy of the CIO'S latest trustees, annual report and statement of
accounts.
Key management remuneration
The total remuneration paid in the financial period to key
management personnel for employment services rendered
amounted to £49,616 The transactions took place under the
conditions of the relevant employment contract held between the
charity and the key management personnel.
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Re
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for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Company number
CE007916 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number
1169324
Registered office
17 Cottage Place
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1NL
Trustees
John Thompson Interim Chair
Andrew Streeter Deputy chair
Janine Collier
Graham Routledge
Pat Arnold
Melvin Caton
Ruth Mulandi
Amrat Khorana (became Chair on 8.4.2024)
Colin Daniels
Clive Farley
Shamim Ali Treasurer
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Independent Examiner
John D Froggett FAIA
The Accountancy Practice
41 High Street
Royston
Hertfordshire
SG89AW
Report of the trustees, incorporating a strategic report,
approved by order of the board of trustees, as the company
directors, on
board's behalf by:
...Q..￿b.b.￿...2￿..y..... and signed on the
Trustee
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Inde
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ort to the Trustees of
Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Support 4
Sight ('the Company.)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts
of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responslbllltles and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors
for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the
preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements
of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 act,).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are
not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and
are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect
of my examination of our charity's accounts as carried out
under Sedion 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 ACY).
In carying out examination I have followed the Directions
given by the Charity Comrnission under sects.on 145(5)
(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters
have come to my attention in connection with the examination
giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were nol kept in respect of the Company
as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirernents
of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than an requirement that
the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination; or
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4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance wilh the
methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended
Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to
charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matlers 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 re
ched.
John D Froggett FAIA
The Accountancy Practice
41 High Street
Royston
Hertfordshire
SG8 9AW
Date..
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Statement of Financial Activities
Incor
oratin
an Income and Ex
enditure Account
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
31.3.24 31.3.23
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
runds
funds
funds
funds
INCOME AND
ENDOWMENTS
FROM
as restated
Notes
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Charitable activities
27,358
196,625 223,983 175,129
18,621
(5,141) 13,480 9.020
Other trading activities
Inveslment income
22,700
1,878
22,700 12,387
1,878
282
70,557 191,484 262,041 196,818
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
16,229
2.369 18,598 15,345
Charitable activities
Charitable activities
15.532 186,327 201,859 186,620
215
Other
215
77
Total
31,761
188,911 220,672 202.042
The notes form part of these financial statements
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NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) 41,368
41,368 5,224
Net movement in funds
41,368
41,368 5,224
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
As previously reported
Prior year adjustment
133,496
6,736
133,496 138,720
6,736
140,232
140,232 138,720
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD
181,600
181,600 133,496
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Balance Sheet
31.3.24 31.3.23
Unrcstricted Rcstricted Total
Total
funds
funds
funds
funds
as rcslalcd
31 March 2024
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Prepayments and
accrued income
Cash at bank and in hand
Noles
864
864
1,116
5,011
20,658
165,341
5,011
20,658 (85,500)
165,341 219,759
212
191,874
191,874 135,587
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due
within one year
9 (10,274)
(10,274) (1,532)
NET CURRENT
ASSETS
181,600
181,600 134.055
TOTAL ASSETS LESS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
181,600
181,600 134,055
NET ASSETS
181,600
181,600 134,055
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
181,600 219,555
(85,500)
TOTAL FUNDS
181,600 134,055
The notes form part of these financial statements
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The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under
Section 4 77 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31
March 2024.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of
its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 in
accordance with Section 4 76 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting
records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the
Companies Act 2006 and
(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view
of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end
of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each
financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections
394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial
statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
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Balance Sheet
31 March 2024
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to
the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees
and authorised for issue on
were signed on its behalf by
l-.*kk.&4ot£t...2+ and
Trustee
Trustee
The notes form part of
these financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a
public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in
accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting
and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended
Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in
accordance with the Financial Reporting standard applicable in
the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January
2019),. Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial
Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland, and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements
have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The charitable company has taken advantage of the following
disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as
permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland,:
the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 3.17 (d);
the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47,
11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
the requirements of paragraphs 12.26, 12.27, 12.29(a}, 12.29(b)
and 12.29A;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.
the requirement of paragraph 24(b) of IFRS 6.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable
activities.
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I DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
31.3.24
31.3.23
Donations
Gift aid
Legacies
Grants
Friends of Support 4 Sight
16,266
1,856
1,793
203,824
244
34,227
1,676
139,226
223,983
175,129
Grants received, included in the
above, are as follows:
31.3.24
31.3.23
Other grants
203,824
139,226
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Notes to the Financial Statements -
continued for the Year Ended 31
March 2024
INVESTMENT INCOME
31.3.24 31.3.23
Deposit account interest
1,878
282
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
31.3.24 31.3.23
Activity
Equipment re-sale Charitable activities
Equipment re-sale Charitable activities
Essex lottery
Charitable activities
Exhibitions
Charitable activities
17,766 8,994
(4,690)
119
285
26
13,480 9,020
RAISING FUNDS
Other trading activities
31.3.24 31.3.23
Other operating leases
Fundraising events and costs
Depreciation
1,353
16,957 15,345
288
18,598 15,345
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6 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Direct Support
Costs
costs
Totals
Charitable activities
176,665 25,194 201,859
DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
31.3.24
31.3.23
Staff costs
Rental costs
Insurance
Telephone
Printing, postage, stationery
Advertising
Sundries
Travel expenses
Motor expenses
Conferences and seminars
Staff subsistence
Volunteer costs
154,056
7,800
999
3,467
2,519
584
1,420
133
1,738
2,907
652
390
149,622
14,913
702
13,380
3,030
335
1,241
758
2,273
78
288
176,665
186,620
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SUPPORT COSTS
Information Human Governance
Finance technology resourccs
costs
Totals
Charitable activities
711
3,818
7,201
13,464 25,194
NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE)
Net income1( expenditure) is stated after charging1( crediting):
31.3.24
31.3.23
Depreciation - owned assets
Other operating leases
288
9,153
14,913
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TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees, remuneration or other benefits for
the year ended 31 March 2024 nor for the year ended 31
March 2023.
Trustees. expenses
31.3.24
31.3.23
Trustees. expenses
215
77
STAFF COSTS
31.3.24
31.3.23
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
156,573
(5,000)
2,483
149,622
154,056
149,622
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as
follows:
31.3.24
31.3.23
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Short Plantand Motor Computer
leasehold machinery vehicles equipment Totals
COST
At 1 April 2023
Additions
At 31 March 2024
46,600
17,823 19,325 18,591 102,339
1,152
1,152
17,823 19,325 19,743 103,491
46,600
DEPRECIATION
At1 April 2023
Charge for year
At 31 March 2024
46,600
17,823 19,325 18,591 102,339
288
288
17,823 19,325 18,879 102,627
46,600
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024
864
864
At 31 March 2023
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DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.24 31.3.23
Other debtors
5,011
212
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.24 31.3.23
Trade creditors
Net wages
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
2,777
24
1,462
(1)
1,533
6,010
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