INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD

Registered charity 1194681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE

We provide grants for communication equipment to Blind and Vision Impaired throughout the UK, for those who would otherwise be unable to afford them and meet our eligibility criteria. We also provide support and training to successful applicants. We work in partnership with other organisations in the Sight Loss Sector.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) TO HELP TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE REGISTERED BLIND OR VISION IMPAIRED AND ARE ON LOW INCOME, ENABLING MANY BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£89k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,678 for the year, with total income falling significantly to £38,166 from £489,666 in the previous year. Total reserves decreased to £255,249, of which only £35,249 was unrestricted and undesignated. The trustees confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: free monies are available in each financial year to meet any reasonably foreseeable contingency (held: £35k)
“Individual Technology Solutions is required to ensure that free monies are available in each financial year to meet any reasonably foreseeable contingency.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charitable company took over the operations of the unincorporated charity, Telephones for the Blind, registered no 255155, in January 2022 and the investment assets of that charity were transferred to the charitable company in January 2023. Robert Hughes, Alison Evans, Daniel Brookbank and Stephen Saunders are also trustees of Telephones for the Blind.
“The charitable company took over the operations of the unincorporated charity, Telephones for the Blind, registered no 255155, in January 2022 and the investment assets of that charity were transferred to the charitable company in January 2023. Robert Hughes, Alison Evans, Daniel Brookbank and Stephen Saunders are also trustees of Telephones for the Blind.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£38k£89k
31/12/2023£490k£124k
31/12/2022£16k£75k
31/12/2021£0£11k

Common questions

Is INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,678 for the year, with total income falling significantly to £38,166 from £489,666 in the previous year. Total reserves decreased to £255,249, of which only £35,249 was unrestricted and undesignated. The trustees confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£100

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2024£20kInclusion through Communication 2024
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£10kInclusion for blind and partially sighted people through communication