Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE 

RNIB is the UK's leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. Our work helps anyone with a sight problem - with braille, Talking Books, education and imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. We fight for equal rights for people with sight problems. Contact the Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or visit www.rnib.org.uk
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£106,593£87,026£19,567£17,203£135,956£127,60617.61,1103,330
31/03/22£85,709£77,207£8,502£14,074£113,705£101,96215.81,2141,756
31/03/21£86,486£79,066£7,420£10,561£122,302£110,83716.81,4121,962
31/03/20£95,932£92,866£3,066£14,531£115,556£104,43813.51,6703,351
31/03/19£106,273£102,441£3,832£10,867£85,799£74,4618.71,8024,639
31/03/18£118,727£112,395£6,332£19,263£79,707£67,4987.22,0830
31/03/17£119,199£132,825£-13,626£24,373£77,578£51,0094.62,3350
31/03/16£114,450£123,056£-8,606£22,336£106,663£73,3867.22,3590
31/03/15£114,465£118,545£-4,080£22,133£89,554£79,6408.11,7830
31/03/14£118,647£120,604£-1,957£17,273£106,334£75,6707.51,9780
31/03/13£117,023£116,433£590£15,856£107,163£74,0387.61,9450
31/03/12£111,598£112,766£-1,168£16,023£88,707£56,07262,0200
31/03/11£116,311£119,781£-3,470£17,795£104,771£73,4367.42,1920
31/03/10£135,145£130,150£4,995£18,835£96,949£65,7456.12,3250
31/03/09£96,042£105,113£-9,071£13,677£87,690£75,6328.62,3730
31/03/08£98,653£100,015£-1,362£12,983£131,425£114,50213.72,3100
31/03/07£107,824£91,796£16,028£12,957£127,351£109,46414.32,3510
31/03/06£92,691£91,642£1,049£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£90,300£88,197£2,103£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£89,549£91,943£-2,393£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 19.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 17.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 60 years

www.rnib.org.uk

helpline@rnib.org.uk

0303 123 9999

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£975,097
National Lottery Community Fund£882,462
Garfield Weston Foundation£200,000
Wolfson Foundation£200,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Vision Foundation - Bridging the DVA knowledge gap: a RNIB Connect Radio awareness campaign and specialist DVA CPD Training for Counsellors.
£19,261 08/03/2023
12
RNIB is pleased to be applying into this funding round for a project that will partner with and draw upon the expertise and knowledge of DVA charity SafeLives. It will support blind and partially ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hounslow Community Eye Health
£455,610 14/03/2022
The project is using funding towards a pilot project to test a brand-new community model of support in Hounslow for people recently diagnosed with sight loss. The project will provide emotional and ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - UK Community Renewal Fund
£45,796 12/11/2021
The UK Community Renewal Fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK, creating opportunities to trial new approaches and innovative ideas at the local level
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£100,000 17/08/2021
36
Sight Loss Advice Service
Sport England - See Sport Differently
£975,097 06/05/2021
38
Funding under Sport England's Disability Investment funding programme for a Revenue project titled See Sport Differently. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more
DCMS - Loneliness Engagement Fund - RNIB
£49,640 01/04/2021
Create new content on loneliness signposting towards support services and sharing experiences. Develop resources to support volunteers to engage with their networks on loneliness. Identify gaps in ....more
HM Revenue & Customs - HMRC Grant Funding
£88,000 01/04/2021
Supporting HMRC customers who need extra help accessing HMRC services
CareTech foundation - Complex Needs Service Team
£120,000 10/02/2021
RNIB and the CareTech Foundation will be working together to ensure that no one with complex needs in a care setting is missing out on basic eye care due to their additional needs and conditions. The ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal National Institute of Blind People
£200,000 09/12/2020
WF Covid-19 Support Fund
Co-Operative Group - Grant to RNIB Bedlington Sponsor a Talking Book
£3,091 24/10/2020
We plan to sponsor two new Talking Books for our library (one adult book, one children's), to help people escape loneliness and isolation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£100,000 03/07/2020
36
Sight Loss Advice Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk and Support England: Tackling isolation during the coronavirus
£94,004 17/06/2020
4
The funding will be used to run a telephone befriending service which will connect 500 primarily older blind and partially sighted people together for weekly telephone companionship.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
£10,800 05/06/2020
£10,800 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Futures
£332,848 03/06/2020
48
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is using a £332848 grant to support children and young people with sight loss aged 8 -25 from across Northern Ireland to develop the life skills ....more
HM Revenue & Customs - HMRC Grant Funding
£86,139 01/04/2020
Supporting HMRC customers who need extra help accessing HMRC services
Vision Foundation - Employment in London
£10,000 04/03/2020
Funding for a London employment advisor to raise awareness amongst employers re. employing blind and partially sighted people. To prevent those who have newly lost their sight from losing their jobs.
The Berkeley Foundation - RNIB St James’s Palace Dinner
£10,000 20/02/2020
One-off unrestricted grant in support of RNIB's charitable services helping people live with sight loss.
HM Revenue & Customs - HMRC Grant Funding
£97,440 01/04/2019
Supporting HMRC customers who need extra help accessing HMRC services
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Royal National Institute of Blind People
£82,800 31/01/2019
36
£82,800 over three years (£26,900; £27,600; £28,300) towards the project costs of the Talking Books service for older Londoners.
HM Revenue & Customs - HMRC Grant Funding
£125,000 01/04/2018
To provide advice and support to people who need extra help understanding and complying with their obligations and claiming their entitlements. To assist customers who are currently digitally ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Being There When It Matters Most
£276,972 12/10/2017
24
Being There When It Matters Most
HM Revenue & Customs - HMRC Grant Funding
£125,000 01/04/2017
To provide advice and support to people who need extra help understanding and complying with their obligations and claiming their entitlements. To assist customers who are currently digitally ....more
Birmingham City Council - Living With Sight Loss
£5,313 01/01/2017
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
Birmingham City Council - Living With Sight Loss
£10,625 01/07/2016
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Plus 2016
£473,090 18/05/2016
36
This organisation will develop their RNIB Scotland Advice Plus Project in Ayrshire, Forth Valley, Edinburgh and the Lothians by offering a wider range of support through an increase in staff. The new ....more
Birmingham City Council - Living With Sight Loss
£5,313 01/04/2016
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
National Lottery Community Fund - RNIB - Family Insight
£694,659 25/06/2015
60
RNIB NI’s five-year Family Insight project is supporting 280 families across Northern Ireland with children aged under 12 with sight loss so they can better understand their children’s ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to RNIB The Royal National Institute of Blind People
£190,000 24/04/2015
12
Hydrotherapy Pool at RNIB Pears Centre
Birmingham City Council - Living With Sight Loss
£21,250 01/04/2015
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
National Lottery Community Fund - IRISS: Supporting families affected by sight loss
£395,854 11/03/2015
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Optimeyes
£406,178 02/12/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Today!
£5,806,774 04/11/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Looking to the Future
£516,235 08/10/2014
35
Not Available
Birmingham City Council - Living With Sight Loss
£10,625 01/10/2014
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
Nesta - AC00419
£190,571 29/09/2014
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund programme grant to Royal National Institute of Blind People Grant Ref AC00419
National Lottery Community Fund - All-Wales Welfare Rights Service for People with Sensory Loss
£940,919 24/09/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to RNIB Scotland
£55,700 28/04/2014
Seeing our History – Living with Sight Loss in Edwardian Edinburgh and Lothians 2014
Birmingham City Council - Living With Sight Loss
£10,625 01/04/2014
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Plus - Welfare Reform Project for People with Sight Loss
£161,737 11/03/2014
21
Advice Plus - Welfare Reform Project for People with Sight Loss
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to RNIB Northern Ireland
£36,200 27/01/2014
Museums in Focus
National Lottery Community Fund - Future In-sight
£999,450 16/04/2013
72
The project will support 290 blind and partially sighted young people aged 14 - 25 in Wales to become able and independent individuals, emotionally resilient and equipped with the skills and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Looking Forward
£499,509 12/03/2013
48
The 'Looking Forward' project will support people aged 60+ with newly diagnosed sight loss, helping them adjust to their condition; improve their emotional well being and lead fuller lives within ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Trainee Grade Scheme - Extending the Reach (EtR)
£299,544 13/12/2012
48
An England-wide initiative called Extending the Reach through the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB), has received almost £300,000, aiming to help hundreds of blind and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk and Support - supporting our volunteers through mentoring
£200,000 20/11/2012
72
This new project will complement the existing Talk and Support tele befriending service. The service enables blind and partially sighted adults to socialise and support one another as participants in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Realise
£493,465 22/06/2012
72
The project will use their grant to run the Realise project which will improve the education & job opportunities of young people in NI who are blind & partially sighted. The projects will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - OPTC (Older People Taking Control)
£191,860 24/04/2012
24
This project aims to provide older people with or at risk of sight loss with coping strategies, through peer-support schemes, a volunteer 'buddying' scheme - which will offer practical support with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales Eye Patient Advocacy Service
£451,577 29/03/2011
60
This project will aim to help at least 2,640 blind and partially sighted older people in Wales. This support will be provided at the point of diagnosis helping the beneficiaries come to terms with ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/07/1964, number: 226227
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000500
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from GATESHEAD VISUALLY IMPAIRED FORUM on 28/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from GLYNN VIVIAN on 31/12/2019
Main office

Grimaldi Building
154A Pentonville Road
London
N1 9JE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BETTER EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND GENERALLY TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT BLINDNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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