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Description
The education and welfare of blind people or those people significantly handicapped by defective vision or threatened by blindness by securing the provision of assistance and support in the greater Birmingham area.
Also known as
- The Bessie Williams Fund
- The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind
- Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind Educational Charity
- Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind General Purposes Charity
- Brib
- Henrietta Lane Bequest
- The Henry Stainsby Pension Fund for the Blind
- The Laura Wathen Memorial Trust Fund
- The Mrs Mary Hadley Pension Fund for the Blind
- Queen Alexandra College Appeal Fund
- Richard Middlemore Trust Fund
...and 1 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
B17 9TG
Website
Domain
qac.ac.uk
Latest income
£1,066,481 (on )
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Area of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 516477 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Education
ED -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Visual impairmentHE215
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
People With Disabilities
203
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308
Scale of operation
- Local
The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind
GB-CHC-516477Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1985-05-09 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 974,504 | 583,772 |
| 2005-03-31 | 802,530 | 597,306 |
| 2006-03-31 | 567,622 | 934,510 |
| 2007-03-31 | 757,070 | 739,994 |
| 2008-03-31 | 797,326 | 1,137,193 |
| 2009-03-31 | 732,085 | 893,703 |
| 2010-03-31 | 730,294 | 733,978 |
| 2011-03-31 | 868,283 | 1,030,123 |
| 2012-03-31 | 864,153 | 1,038,146 |
| 2013-03-31 | 842,032 | 1,287,800 |
| 2014-03-31 | 816,613 | 817,979 |
| 2015-03-31 | 788,358 | 824,382 |
| 2016-03-31 | 851,004 | 923,164 |
| 2017-03-31 | 784,230 | 852,928 |
| 2018-03-31 | 919,813 | 934,854 |
| 2019-03-31 | 884,093 | 979,528 |
| 2020-03-31 | 915,174 | 906,825 |
| 2021-03-31 | 880,895 | 1,101,996 |
| 2022-03-31 | 903,189 | 833,048 |
| 2023-03-31 | 1,066,481 | 1,183,946 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | - | - |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 8 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind
GB-CHC-516477Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Legacies | 18.6 | 18.9 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 20.1 | 22.2 |
| Income from charitable activities | 970.7 | 817.9 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 75.6 | 63.2 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 1,066.5 | 903.2 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 16.8 | 16.7 |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | 16.8 | 16.7 |
| Grants to institutions | 1,055.0 | 729.5 |
| Other charitable activities | 112.1 | 86.8 |
| Charitable activities | 1,167.1 | 816.3 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 1,183.9 | 833.0 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (117.5) | 70.1 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 1,958.9 | 2,015.0 |
| Investment assets | 2,375.0 | 2,526.1 |
| 4,333.9 | 4,541.2 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 62.8 | 23.3 |
| Other current assets | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 68.4 | 27.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (175.6) | (15.3) |
| Net current assets | (107.2) | 12.6 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 4,226.8 | 4,553.8 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 4,226.8 | 4,553.8 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | - | 1.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 4,226.8 | 4,552.8 |
| 4,226.8 | 4,553.8 | |
The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind
GB-CHC-516477Income from government
Back to contentsAccording to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.
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