surrey association for visual impairment

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Surrey Association For Visual Impairment is a registered charity whose purpose is the advancement of health or the saving of lives. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Leatherhead and operates in Surrey.

This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Sight for Surrey (the trading name for Surrey Association for Visual Impairment) works with people who are vision impaired, Deaf, Hard of Hearing or who have combined sight and hearing loss. The charity has provided support to vision impaired people since 1922, and those with combined sight and hearing loss since 1993. It began to deliver services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in February 2016.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Surrey

Financial Information

Latest Income

£3,319,332

Latest Expenditure

£3,185,279

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 94.7%

% of income going directly to charitable activities

Overall Efficiency 98.7%

% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)

Administrative Ratio 1.8%

Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £674,675

Charitable Activities £2,495,663

Other Trading £0

Investments £48,962

Other Income £100,032

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £3,142,620

Raising Funds £42,659

Governance £13,591

Grants to Institutions £0

Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial Year	Income	Expenditure	Charitable Spending	Net Assets	Reserves	Staff
2024	£3,319,332	£3,185,279	£3,142,620	£1,848,743	£1,750,600	120 / 130
2023	£2,896,610	£2,794,696	£2,761,582	£1,644,146	£1,541,800	120 / 115
2022	£2,464,998	£2,481,985	£1,789,925	£1,603,133	£1,515,000	118 / 110
2021	£2,664,924	£2,342,017	£2,235,310	£1,561,368	£1,516,298	115 / 120
2020	£2,453,360	£2,472,592	£2,357,456	£1,145,754	£33,677	115 / 125