LONG-TERM VISION REQUIRED

The largest charity of its kind, RNIB's work covers everything from lobbying government to providing books for visually impaired people, to trying to prevent blindness through education. In 2007-08 it helped over 280,000 people each month and was the leader of a country-wide strategy to improve eye health. The annual report clearly shows what the charity achieved in the year, but is let down by a lack of longer-term plans and a scarcity of financial commentary.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

What is this? 		58 %
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...

What is this? 		Super size
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

What is this? 		£100k to £149k
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

What is this? 		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.
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Reviewed: 2009-03-26     Accounts ending: 2008-03-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • Visually impaired people

Where

  • UK

Providing

  • Transcription services
  • Lobbying government
  • Educational and reading materials

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£100,015,000
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
86%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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RNIB annual report
Submitted by Neill Ghosh on Tue, 12/12/2006 - 7:32am.

Thanks for letting us know. At the time of review, the 2005/6 annual report and accounts were not available on the site.

Neill, Intelligent Giving Lead Researcher


RNIB annual report and accounts 2005/2006
Submitted by RNIB on Tue, 12/12/2006 - 1:46am.

Further to your comments regarding RNIB's annual report and accounts 2005/06, I would just like to point out that you can in fact download these from the RNIB website at www.rnib.org.uk/annualreviews

Charles Gainsford Royal National Institute of the Blind Publishing Team


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