Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

VISYON LIMITED

Face to face counselling for children and young people up to 25 year olds.Counselling in schools.Mentoring for young people.Remote counselling via phone/Teams.Group-based activities supporting mental health.Themed workshops for parents, professionals and young people.Involvement in community activities to promote mental health and challenge stigma.Parent/Carer and family support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/24£751£841£-90£50£369£1091.6423
31/03/23£997£928£69£59£459£1742.23910
31/03/22£837£880£-43£52£390£1792.4403
31/03/21£912£845£68£18£434£2243.2353
31/03/20?£992£943£50£6£366£2963.83511
31/03/18£835£811£24£19£264£2353.5330
31/03/17£779£758£21£17£241£2163.4330
31/03/16*£761£753£7£3£220£1983.2160
31/03/15£742£741£0£11£212£2023.3170
31/03/14£713£713£0£11£212£2013.4180
31/03/13£613£578£35£12£212£2034.2180
31/03/12£464£428£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£350£336£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£280£243£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£252£267£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£262£250£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£191£199£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£111£142£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.visyon.org.uk

accounts@visyon.org.uk

01260290000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£232,705
Cheshire Community Foundation£187,648
Department of Health£107,800
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£24,913
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Visyon
£1,816 21/10/2023
We am to provide individual counselling, group therapy, mentoring, creative activities, and wellbeing support for children, teenagers, and their families, across Cheshire East.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Crewe School's Counsellor - Year 2
£32,089 24/05/2023
Continue activities within the four schools. Provide a flexible service which responds to the needs of young people. If we identified a specific need in a school then we would work with them with how best we could support the needs of their young ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Expanding access to early intervention
£50,000 11/01/2023
Continue activities within the four schools. Provide a flexible service which responds to the needs of young people. If we identified a specific need in a school then we would work with them with how best we could support the needs of their young ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Visyon
£15,000 12/12/2022
Cost of Living Unrestricted Core Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Visyon Ltd
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Visyon Ltd - 12/07/22
£2,500 04/08/2022
Core Funding
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Open Access
£24,913 27/07/2022
Your grant has provided immediate support from our Open Access service to young people experiencing challenges with their mental health.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 20/05/2022
24
Supporting the emotional health of children, young people and their families across Cheshire East
Cheshire Community Foundation - Crewe School's counsellor
£31,798 30/03/2022
Crewe School's counsellor
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Access - mental health support for young people in Cheshire East
£232,705 04/03/2022
Funding for the group will enable them to increase the capacity of their early intervention and prevention mental health work to children young people and families in Cheshire East. The charity aims to improve the emotional health and well-being of ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Visyon Ltd
£60,000 01/12/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Cheshire Community Foundation - Mentoring Matters in Crewe
£15,000 23/11/2021
Grant to Visyon
Department of Health - Visyon
£30,800 01/04/2021
The funded schemes will expand access for children and young people aged 25 and under to local services to support their mental health and provide early intervention for those at risk of mental health problems.The fund will enable these diverse ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 04/12/2020
Supporting the emotional health of children, young people and their families across the north west of England: a funding application for the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Building Capacity
£14,976 01/12/2020
The Building Capacity Project will enable us to increase our reach to young people who would not otherwise access the service and increase the capacity we have to support young people when they first contact us for help. We will achieve this ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Whole Community Approach to Mental Health and Well-being Support
£24,854 01/12/2020
Visyon provides Holistic mental health and wellbeing support to children and young people and those who support them. We would like to provide an easy to access early help service in partnership with UTC Crewe to young people who attend the ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Open Access - Space to Talk
£5,000 04/11/2020
Visyon is a mental health charity supporting children, young people and their families in Cheshire. Their Open Access - Space to Talk early intervention project significantly reduces waiting times for mental health support. Visyon is anticipating a ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Visyon Wellbeing Services & Open Access
£13,931 21/05/2020
Visyon is a mental health charity supporting children, young people and their families in Cheshire. Their Wellbeing services offer information and support to young people, helping them to feel in control by being informed about their choices when ....more
Department of Health - Visyon
£77,000 28/04/2020
Competitive Grants Scheme on the extension of existing MH services for children and young people.BAU Yr2 of 3 - changed to S70 for 20/21 (Yr 1 was s64)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Visyon Ltd
£29,414 08/08/2019
36
This project will provide mental health support through group work, mentoring and open access provision to young people living in Crewe. Children will experience improved positive relationships, more control over their lives and improved mental ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/05/2019
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Parent Empower Hours
£9,956 25/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to support parents with wellbeing workshops, open access sessions (supporting early-intervention, helping parents share concerns) and a variety of sessions to build confidence and family wellbeing.
Department of Health - HWB- CYPMH Fund 19/20- Visyon
£154,000 01/04/2019
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system partners on emerging policy priorities, as well as ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Family Matters
£49,973 11/05/2018
Visyon is a local children and young people's mental health charity, providing a range of support to 4 to 25 year-olds across Cheshire East who are facing mental health challenges; and St Joseph’s Family Centre delivers a range of services for ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Community Ambassador project
£20,120 13/03/2018
Visyon is a local children and young people's mental health charity, providing a range of support to 4 to 25 year-olds across Cheshire who are facing mental health challenges. This project will offer support and training to members of the community ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Headspace Cafe
£4,478 03/11/2017
Visyon will offer opportunities for their young service users to engage in volunteering activities within Visyon itself. Visyon have an onsite café which the young people will work within, serving visitors and staff. The young people will be ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Visyon Ltd
£119,677 14/06/2017
36
This project will be delivering 1:1 counselling to children and young people with mental health issues in a deprived area. Outcomes include building resilience, positive relationships and better life choices.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Parent Mutual Aid pilot
£10,000 27/07/2016
Visyon is a Congleton-based charity that supports the emotional health of children, young people and their families, improving their mental health and enabling them to develop the skills and toolkits to sustain and manage positive mental health for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Well being together
£10,000 10/06/2015
12
The group will use the funding to provide therapy sessions to children and young people with emotional needs. This will provide a service that will ensure children are receiving the support they need to deal with emotional mental health needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Space
£499,968 23/02/2015
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 51-69
  • ADRIAN DEAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • ANDREW BRABBAN (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director Of It Services Company
  • AVARNI JAGPAL Appointed: 2021
  • BARRY KEVIN BRENNAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID PARKINSON Appointed: 2021
  • HELEN BUTTERS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Deputy Headteacher/Class Teacher
  • JONATHON CLAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Legal Professional
  • SHARON ANGELINA CONLON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Strategic Safeguarding (Nhs)
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2005, number: 1107951
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/10/2004, number: 05250758
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR16: 9 days late,
Main office

FELLOWSHIP HOUSE
PARK ROAD
CONGLETON
CHESHIRE
CW12 1DP

Objectives

A) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE, CHILDREN AND ADULTSB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC SO AS TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS OFMENTAL HEALTH AND THE ASSOCIATED ISSUES AND RELATED PROBLEMS;C) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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