ISLE OF ELY SOCIEfY FOR THE BLIND
TRUSTEE FIEPORT AND ACCOUNTS
For the year ended
31" March 2021

ISLE OF ELYSOCIWFOR THE BLIND IRegisteredCh*lty No2013551
LEGALANDADMINLqTRATIVE INF051MATION
Preshlent
David Harrlson Idled if5epternber20221
Chairman
Mrs5 Kear
Bllnd&)d ￿sUallY Impalred membefs
Mrss Tucker
Mr D YOUDB
others
Cllr P Murphy
Mis5 M Finnigan Idled 9 May 10221
Mr T Quintr (re$￿Thed 31° Ktsrch 20201
Mrj Orbell
HOr￿rary treasure
Mr F￿len- Idled Marth 20211
Mr G Smith lappointed 23 May 20221
Honorary ￿li¢￿01S
rket Place
March, C3tnbrid8e5hire
PE15 9JQ
Secretsry to the Executive CoMM￿le@
Mrsj Fisher
March Town H811
Market Place
rch. Cambridgeshlre
PE15 9JF
Banker5
Natwest Bank PLC
18 Broad Street
March, Cambridgeshire
PE15 8TN
Lloyds B3nk PLC
24 High Street
March, Cambridgeshl
PE15 9JE

ISLE OF EL¥S￿Ely FORIHE BUNDIRe815kered Charfly No2013551
TrnSte￿ Reportlorthe ye3re*ded 31# March2021
The Trusteeshave pieasLsreln pr¥entin8 theirannual reporttogetherwiththeflnandal sta*ments
ofthe charityfo¥theyear ended al March 2021
Name
Th￿15￿ ot Societyforthe Blind (The &)tlrfl. also known a5"Ferwision~
C0#5tiiuli0th4nd C*Jp£ts
TheSc¢letys ConstitUt￿n vlas ¥doptÈd at aGeneral Meeting QD 2 M¥rth 1965 and was last
amended on 12th DeceTnbEr 200S.
Thetharitrf50bjects are to promote the general welfare of blind and partially ￿#￿ted personswho
are Tesidentwithin FÈnland and whatwastheok4 county of the151e of Ety I'14eof EVI, priorto it
amalEamated wlthin CambrtdEeshlre.
Aim5
The3Imsolthe SoclÈtya¥etO k￿lde thÈ lollowl￿f8cl1ft1es Forthe ¥i5ually impaired..
o Sub5Klised outings as andwhen requlred
o Monthly luncheon meetlllgs for Membe￿ at three centTes,' E￿, March & Wisbech
o Arrange issue of rpdioltassette player5, talking newspa￿￿ and Brai1￿ liteT*ure
Homevlsitsto new￿ regi51ered andexistlng members
o liaise withother blind s¢¢lÈtiesand social servite5
o Arrange ¥olunt8ry helpto sbpport such attivlt*s
Pr0￿ce at¥1 dL%trlbute a quarterly newsletter tape
Orgonlsatlon
rhe meml)er5fviplthE"Members"l ofthe So¢iety shall be opento all personghaving an interest in
thewelfare of blina and partVal￿ 51ghted peopleand shall include bllnd partlally Sighted peO￿e
IlwDgwi¢hin area OF Fenland arxl the Isle of Ely. and such persons as shall from time to time be co-
opted bythe Societyto serve on the Executwe Committee, being persons hawlnga partkular interest
in or knowledge of bllnd welfare. In adLlition, up io four repre5entstives from Local Distrirt and
County Councils are a150 Members. All persoris making a donation tothe funds of The Society of I￿t
ess ihan £50 shall be made life members.
The Executlve Comftmttee, whoare alsotheTrustee5 of The S(Klety. meetsquarterwto ckal wlth
drnlnlstrat￿e matters and detide upon the vatious artwities thatTheSOE￿(arr￿s1￿￿fQr￿ts

ISLE OF ELY SOCI￿ FORIHE BUND IReglstered ChathNo2013551
TrLtstee<llewrtfortheyear ended 31"March 2021 Irontln¥edl
The Exetuti¥eCommittee shall consistofno k55 than fwe but no more than twenty ￿PT￿sent￿1￿S
of the Ordinary and cTropted member¥ and repre5entati¥e5 of The Courtcils. Fr(xm
the Members, thee￿cted Pre￿dent, HonoraryTreasurerand Honorarysolicitorare ex•ifi[jo
mèmbers.
Athi*¥eiiiertand perforniance
Theyear under review has been domlnated bythe Co¥id-19 pande¢nii andThe Soclety hosbeen
nable ￿ carry Out most oFthe wrrnal supp0rtfuntt￿liS tothE Members. St hasknvAver cor)tinued
to providethe qijartedy new51etter and dlstributed birthdavcards toihe Membe[5.
The re5erve5 *theyearend amounted to É590,098, whith havp increased overtk previ4)U5yewas
a result of Ihe legacy from Lhe sale of land in Co8tes1£55,1471 and the Increase ￿ the value of the
Investrnent PDrtfolio. There ts a wssibility of additional iDcome frotD the sale of land dueto an
-ovÈrage" ckuse and ihis will be monitored on a ￿gUlar basls.
TheTrustees lookto hold £60.OLY) minimvm in re5eTve4 if oriumstances allow. enablingre5UlllPtion
and continuation of pre￿o￿S services forthe r￿xttwo to threeyeats.
Investment pollty
The iDve5bnÈnts. whlth are Te¥iewed at the qv3rtÈrlyexecutive£ornmittee meetings, wmprtse
o 3 porrfolio of low risk unit trustsman3ged by StJarnes'5 Place Weallh Management.Thls
h35 increased fmm £278,624 at 31 March 2020ta £340,071 at 31tt March 2021.
TeFm dewsits Wlth Scottish Widows 8ank1£65.5211 and caMbr￿dEe and Counti* Ban*-31
days notice1£79.4451.
Rls* ¥•Ses5meTht
The Tru5tee5 res￿￿￿¥ re¥￿W thè nsks f3cin8The Society. The main risk niw bÈing is the13ck of
guar8Ateed funding, which rnea￿ that TheSo¢ietymust nowrdyupon donation5, gr8nts and
legacies as the main source of income. The ¢ontSnuance and womotion of The SocieV$ 8oodw¢rks
will in itself minimise the r$k.
Approved by the board ofTru5tees and ￿ened on its behalf.
Mrs SKe?ne
Chaim3n
Mrs J Flsher
tèry
ltrh Ottobe¥ 2022

ISLE OF ELYSOCIETY FOA THE BUND(Re￿SEer￿tharIty No2013551
IndeppndertexamlnerfsTeporttothetrnstee5 of Isleaf Ely Swletyforthe Blind
I reportto the tru#ees on rnyexaminationof the accountsof the151eof Ely SDtietyforthe Blith4
I'the SoctètylfoTthèyeareTHled 31° March 2021.
ResponsIbll￿es and ba*of repurt
As the charitytrusteesofthe Souetyyou are re5w>n$￿IQ foTthÈ preparation ofthe accounts in
ateordaft￿ &￿t￿the requlrÈments of the CharltlesAtt 2011 (the Att'l.
I report In respectof my examinatM)n of the >)cietysaccounts r&rried out vndef sertion 145olthe
2011 Art and Incarrylng out my ex3min3tion I followed all the applicatrAe Direcbonswven by
thecharity Commission UTvJer 5ethon 14515llbl ofthe Act.
IndepÈndentexamlnt*s ststement
I have completed my examination. I confirrn that no material rnatters have cometo myattention in
connecbon wilh the examination gwlnE me cawle to belle¥e that In any matertal respett..
l. accounting records were not kept In re5pert of theTw# as required by sertion I￿ of theAct,' or
2. the accounts do not accord wlththose record5,' or
3. the accounts do r￿t compfy withthe applicable ro4uiremÈnt5 conternin8 the form and content of
3ccounts set out the Charitles (Accounts and Rewrtsl Regulations 2008otherthafi any
requirementth* the acwunt5 give a'true èrKJ fa}rvie￿ which is not a matter considered 35 Partof
èn independent examin*K)n.
I have concerns and have come acros5 rwJ other mattets in connection with the examSnatlonto
whKh attentionsthuld be drawn Sn this report1n order to enable a proper uThderstandin8 of thE
accouits to be rached.
st8￿￿..
Address..
Countyftoad, Marth PEI58N8

ISLE ￿ELYsocIEfyFoA THE BUNOIRewsteredtrorlty No 2013551
smemeffl oFFIn￿da1 An1￿tle5fOrt￿ye*Tended 31° March 2021
Ili)te5 General Restricied Total
2021
2021
2021
Totsl
2020
Inwmlmg resources
Irorn 8ertw¥¢etyfuwlg
Donations & le8acie5
Inve5ttnent income
ChariiBble xttvitie5
Total
55,537
55.537
1,166
56.073
1,713
Resources Expended
Expend￿￿{￿On
Raising fund5
Charitable acrivltles
Governance costs
Trustees, expenses
Total
29,014
29,014
31,088
Netlncorne b￿or*IN¥e$lMetti
Gains11055esl
R*aluatlon of Investrnents
Netlmcome
Other Feco8lll5edt*￿{1oS$es>
Netmtrrfemntln funds
37.459
37,459
28.285
119
98.906
98,￿6
7,083
98.906
98.￿6
7,083
Rerontlll•tloA of
Total funds broughtforw¥rd
Total fundscairted fojward
491192
The noteson page5 7 to 9 ferm partofihesefinanc￿l 5tatemÈnts

ISLE OF ELYSOcI￿ FOR7HE BUNDIReKi5teredClwity No 2013551
8atan¢t Sh*et*31° Maffh2021
Notes
2021
2020
Tangible assets
InvestmÈnts
72
29QL71
27
340.143
278,988
CuThertAssets
Stock
Scottish Widow5 Bank
Carnbridge & CourtR5 Bank
Uoyds Bank
NatWe5t Bank
in h•nO
io
903
go¥
Y4.326
78. 347
6,719
51,835
74,3
79,445
45.197
50,012
249,955
212.204
Credhovs-amoufitsfalllnE due
thin orte year
li
Totslasset51e55￿rrÈnt 11a￿lItIeS
Funds ofthe c￿lIty
Restricted
Unrestricted
491192
Thefinancial 5tatementswere approvedat the meeting of the Trustees hdd on I(￿ October2022
and the Treasurerw&s?uthori5ed to on thelr behalf.
Godfrey knith-Tru5tee andtre35urer
Date.. ltrhocteber2022
The r￿e$On pages 7 to9 lorm partofthe5e aitounts

ISiE OF ELYSCKIEIY FORIHE BUNDIReglstwed Ch*No2013551
r4ote5totheFlnandal ￿*e￿￿Trtsf0llbe¥ear ended 31"Mbr¢h2021
A¢¢0￿￿tIng pol￿{e5
The finarKlal staternents have been prepa¢d under the historical cost COnvert￿n as modified bythe
inclusion of it1￿StmentS at markÈt value and In accordan￿WIth the Statement of Recommended
Practice.-Accounting and ReportiDÈ bycharltles preparing the￿r accounts in èccoidance ¥viththe
nancial Reportin8 stsndard appli¢abl• in the UK and Republicof Ireland IFRS 1021 issued on 16Julv
2014 and wlth the Charities Art 2011.
Incomin8 r•souNe5
All Inc(xne is recognlsed Inthe xatementof flnano¥l acttvitles when condrtlons fr>f rÈteipt have
boen met and there is reasonableassurance of reieipt. Where a daim forrepayment of inwmetax
hasorwill be mède. wch incorne is Ero¥ed forthetsx recoverable.
Donations and all other receiptsfrom fundraising are rewrted 8ross 3nd are 3¢¢oyffjed for ona
recewable b3515.
Le8aEiesare recorded when all Condit￿￿$ for their receipt have been met. This wll normallyb2
when thefinal estate8ccoullts have IRen aw)roved, the leEacyi5 capablp of meawremeni and tFEre
Is norevÈrsionary Interest.
Grants are re(￿nISed iThthe siatementof fin2ft¢lal actwitie5 whpn the ¢ondltionsf4x re￿Ipt ha¥e
been met.
In¥esttnent income 15acco￿ted forinthe per￿d in which the charity is entlved to receipt.
Reswrcesexpended
Expenditure Is included In the51atÈment of ftDanck41 attivitieson an accruals basts and ha5
allorated as detailed below..
C05t of generating fund5 indudes directCOSt Offundr8￿1ng activlties.
Charitable acilwlt￿5 Include thecosts of the act1￿1￿$ defined by thE charirfsairn5 forthe
bpnefitof the persQThS Sited in thecharityobjects. These include supportcosts (omprlsln8
the 5tafflngand a550Ciated cosi ol finance. personnel and 8eneral administiatkx in
Supporting the oporational programrnts Forwhich the charity is rÈspon5ible.
GoverDan¢e costs includethe costs which rekteto the general runnlng of thecharlty as
upposed ￿ thedirect mana8ementfunctior* Ink￿rent in8eneratin8 funds, seTvice delhlèry
and pro£ramtne orproject work.
Flxed Assets& riepre¢ithon
Flxed as5et5 are included atCOSt. le5$3ccumukted depreciation. All assets ￿tir1E more than EJ(K)
are tapltallsed. ikprec&4tion Is calculBted to wrI￿dOwn the c05t. less the e5tiThated residual value,
of all taryible fixed assets over their useful lives. The ￿te5 eÈrteralW applicat4e 8re'. o*r￿e
equipmentat 25% reducing balance ènd Alds at 15% reducing balance.

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14otestothe FInan￿al Stateme*tsfor ihevearended31 Match 2011ci¥rtlnL*d
IAttousttlng polkles Icontlnuedl
Flxed asset IMiestsnent$
Investments are induded atclosinB mid-market Value atthe balance sheet date. Anygain or1055 on
revalu8tion istskento thestètement of financi2lActwitles.
Stock
Stocks arevaluedatthe I¢m￿rOf costand net realisable Value.
Restri¢t¢d Funds
Restricted funds ran onlybe used for speufic wrpose5Wlthln theobiettsof thecharity. Rest[￿t￿n$
arise wheo specifed bythe donororwhen fvnd5 raised for particular rostricted pvrpD5e5.
Expenditure which complieswith th¥e criteria is idEntrfied to the fund.
ilrrntricted lund%
Unre5tridÉd funds are donation5 and other incomes recewed or generated forthe obiectsofthe
charitywithoutfurtherspedfied purp05edand areayallable asgeneral fund5.
2.Yru51ee5 remunwatfon and exppn5es
No memberof the rnan38ementcommlttee received any remuneratlon eitherdirectlyor lthdirealy.
Notyustee received reirnbursèmentof their costs.
3.Tntsiee Indemnlty In5uran¢e
No irbSurarTr￿ ha5been purthasedto indervDrfythernan38ement cornmtttet a8aiTrSt defaulton their
part.
4. IncominK resou￿e$
The Ihèrityrecel¥ed £55,14712020-£ 55,6501 frorn a legacy and £39)12020- £4231 frorD donations.
AmouThtsreceived from charitsble acti¥ilie5 included £9.46912020- nill fromthe UK Government 5
the form of"Furlough" payrnents provided durlrethe Covld-19 epldemictosupport contlnuEd
empk)yment of the workforie.
5. Resources Expended
Included undercharitable attwifies a￿..
The charliy employsthe eQu￿Valentof one full time per50n12020- one) and the salaries
amounted to £20.54712020-£21,4181 anLI sooal sÈturity costgof £nil12020 £nill. No
employee recelved ernployee benefir5forthe iurrent or prior yearof more than £60,O)0,
Reni and maintenance £5.40012020-É4,2(N)I.
Depreck4tion £7212020- £3371.
& c￿trollIn8party
The charTtV i5controlled byihetrusLees. No one irustee oranygroupof tr￿lee5 has (ontr¢l.
7. Related party iraThsactiO
The￿ were nonedunng the osrrent or previousyear.