SANDWELL VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Registered charity 1175066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SVI

Provision of health, well being support including fitness exercise programmes, to undertake research and to produce information and reports in a range of alternative formats. To hold public events targeted towards visually impaired community and to raise awareness of visual impairment issues within the population. Development of information/training projects and resource base.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £74,331, driven by a net income of £14,109 against total expenditure of £85,300. Unrestricted reserves stood at £19,987, while restricted funds held £54,344. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sandwell Visually Impaired (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sandwell Council — “Sandwell Council funding has enabled us to grow and develop. They provide: seconded staff – Development Officer and Business Support Officer…” (source page)
• Busking for Charity — “Busking for Charity – we are one of this year’s chosen charities and will receive their donation at the end of the 2026.” (source page)
• Vision 2030 Community Mental Health Grant — “Vision 2030 Community Mental Health Grant – this is paying for our Wonder in Nature programme where our members are taking part in local wal…” (source page)
• SCVO Vision 2030 Micro Grant — “SCVO Vision 2030 Micro Grant – to contribute towards a Sandwell Celebrates event which will include a performance by our SVI Rocks group.” (source page)
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — “Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Empowering People in Communities Fund This funding is to develop members’ skills in the management and running o…” (source page)
• Tipton Civic Society — “Tipton Tree of Lights – run by Tipton Civic Society helps us to support Sandwell Talking News, specifically for people in Tipton.” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund – This grant meant that we could continue to employ our Enablement Worker, Kelley, for a further period of 1…” (source page)
• Inclusive Communities Fund — “Inclusive Communities Fund – Thanks to this legacy from the Commonwealth Games we were able to provide a range of inclusive activities and e…” (source page)
• Music For All — “Music For All – Music For All gave us the bulk of the funding to run a series of music workshops, SVI Rocks, which culminated in a performan…” (source page)
• Thomas Pocklington Trust — “Thomas Pocklington Trust – for our Digital Empowerment Project which enabled us to commission a specialist IT consultant for 4 hours per wee…” (source page)
• Wates Family Enterprise Trust — “Wates Family Enterprise Trust – helped to fund our SocialEyes programme of day trips and adventure activities in 2023.” (source page)
• Creative Black Country — “Creative Black Country – for our Unseen Memories project which was a small photography and audio reminiscence project.” (source page)
• UK Shared Prosperity Fund — “UK Shared Prosperity Fund – for a Work to Wellbeing Project in partnership with the Beacon Centre to support blind and visually impaired res…” (source page)
• Better Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund — “Better Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund , part of Sandwell Council’s Healthy Sandwell – funded our Support, Empowerment and Experience (SEE)…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR TONY AVERISchair
• BRIAN GORMLEY
• Derek Fletcher
• Gavin Hughes
• KAREN AVERIS
• Kiran Patel
• Shafiq Ahmed

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).