FUND'S REPORT LEAVES US GUESSING

This outfit gives grants to other charities which provide welfare services for blind and partially sighted people in the Greater London area. Last year it gave out nearly £1.2m. However, its annual report declines to go into detail about the the Fund's work and does little to explain disconcertingly high fundraising costs.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

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55 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

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Medium
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

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£80k to £99k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

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Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

Reviewed: 2008-08-26     Accounts ending: 2007-03-31

IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • Visually impaired people

Where

  • Greater London

Providing

  • Grants to member societies
  • Grants to other organizations

VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£2,547,180
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
46%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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