Helping people find their lives again - RNIB

Contents
This Trustees’ report and the financial
statements have been prepared in accordance
with the “Statement of Recommended
Practice (SORP) – Accounting and Reporting
by Charities” as revised in March 2005. The
contents of the report are as set out here.
Introduction 2
Structure and objectives 3
Our legal structure 3
How we were managed 3
RNIB Membership 3
Our registered office 4
Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities 4
Our vision and mission 4
Achieving our mission 5
Relationships with other charities 5
Changes to the way we are
managed from April 2009 6
Who’s who in RNIB 7
Patron, President and Vice-Presidents 7
Honorary Officers 7
Chief Executive Officer and Group Directors 7
Professional advisors 7
Board of Trustees 8
Assembly members 9
Our work in 2008/09 10
Stopping people losing their sight
unnecessarily 10
Supporting people to get the education,
jobs and income they deserve 12
Increase access to TV, culture
and information 14
Enabling people to get support and
become independent 16
Strengthening our voice and impact 18
You’re amazing 20
Financial review 22
Introducing RNIB’s new strategy 2009/14:
to end the isolation of sight loss 26
Independent Auditors’ report
to the Trustees of RNIB 30
Financial statements for the
year ended 31 March 2009 32
Consolidated statement of financial
activities for the year ended
31 March 2009 32
Balance sheets at 31 March 2009 36
Consolidated cashflow statement for the
year ended 31 March 2009 37
Notes to the consolidated financial
statements for the year ended
31 March 2009 39
RNIB annual report and accounts 2008/09 1