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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

VISION ACTION

Vision Action aims to transform access to eyecare in developing countries. 670 million people worldwide are visually impaired because they do not have access to spectacles, due to the lack of eyecare services available in low income countries.Our work focuses on improving the lives of people marginalised by poor eyesight and is motivated by a belief that good vision should be a right for all
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,609£1,512£96£272£966£7385.93415
31/03/22*£1,397£1,061£336£113£870£6657.53522
31/03/21£864£1,022£-158£247£540£34341221
31/03/20£1,285£1,191£95£238£698£5265.31438
31/03/19£1,301£1,275£26£313£621£4804.52180
31/03/18£1,411£1,258£153£324£601£5014.8230
31/03/17£1,147£1,149£-3£316£451£3623.8130
31/03/16£1,240£1,096£144£303£454£4104.5120
31/03/15£795£1,043£-248£344£310£2372.7110
31/03/14£996£1,222£-226£495£558£3193.1120
31/03/13£1,014£1,104£-90£411£784£5886.4130
31/03/12£1,006£1,177£-171£439£874£7998.1110
31/03/11£1,612£1,044£568£476£1,045£93110.7100
31/03/10£663£823£-161£223£477£2423.580
31/03/09£1,053£927£125£214£637£4425.770
31/03/08£722£666£56£139£512£4768.660
31/03/07£644£504£140£94£456£4169.950
31/03/06£459£386£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£347£304£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£333£283£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.visionaction.org.uk

info@visionaction.org.uk

0300 102 9622

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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International healthcare & famine relief
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ethiopia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, West Sussex, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Vision Aid Overseas
£50,000 04/06/2020
COVID19 : towards additional salary costs in relation to Covid-19 pandemic
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Vision Aid Overseas
£350,000 29/11/2018
for a three year Primary Eye Care pilot project in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone which builds on the existing infrastructure and human resources established with the Foundation’s earlier 2012 grant.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-79
  • ANTHONY HULTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • DR AHALYA SUBRAMANIAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lecturer
  • DR HANNAH BASSEY FAAL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ophthalmologist-Retired
  • EMMA KATE THOMAS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • IAN KERR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • LUCY JANE SOAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • VING FAI CHAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2000, number: 1081695
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/07/2000, number: 04027804
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 52 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OPTOMETRY GIVING SIGHT on 24/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from VISION FOR A NATION FOUNDATION on 11/05/2023
Main office

Freedom Works Ltd
Spectrum House
Beehive Ring Road
London Gatwick Airport. GATWICK
West Sussex
RH6 0LG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF EYE HEALTH AND TREATMENT OF EYE DEFECTS AMONG POOR PERSONS OVERSEAS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPTOMETRIC AND OPTICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND OTHER RELATED FACILITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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