Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

GLOBAL VISION INITIATIVE

Charity organisation runs instructive social, leadership skills training, sports/exercises to strengthen communities, provide opportunities for socially disadvantaged, hard to reach, people through low income, rural, social isolation etc; assists these groups people to find routes back into education, volunteering etc in BMEA communities of Gorton, Manchester UK;.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£342	£344	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	£264	£263	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£163	£160	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£105	£105	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£57	£57	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£30	£30	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£50	£50	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£121	£120	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£51	£49	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£87	£86	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£24	£24	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	£19	£16	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

http://www.gvinitiative.org.uk

vision2020leadershiptraining@gmail.com

07588198431

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City, Nigeria,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

UK Community Foundations	£20,000
Sport England	£9,600
Forever Manchester	£7,021
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Bridge the Gap Project BGP
£9,600	05/04/2023	This 12 month project will deliver weekly 2-hour taekwondo classes targeted at young people from BAME communities.
Forever Manchester - C19 ADJUSTMENT PROJECT ''CAD 2021''
£2,021	12/05/2021	Table tennis and volunteering opportunities for young people
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£20,000	26/10/2020	Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
Forever Manchester - 'New Dawn Project'
£5,000	24/09/2020	Hot meal service
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	24/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Leadership Development Programme (YLDP)
£10,000	18/03/2010 12	This new group have identified a need to engage local youths in training to break the cycle of poverty which leads to anti-social behaviour, truancy, bullying and gun or knife crime. This will be addressed by training to improve their employability ....more This new group have identified a need to engage local youths in training to break the cycle of poverty which leads to anti-social behaviour, truancy, bullying and gun or knife crime. This will be addressed by training to improve their employability and raise their aspirations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

AYODEJI OLOFINTILA BA, MPA, (Chair) Appointed: 2011

MICHAEL SIKOSA Appointed: 2011

OLUMIDE AMOSUN BSC HONS Appointed: 2011

OMOLARA OLOFINTILA Appointed: 2022

TAIWO OGUNMOYE BSC HONS Appointed: 2011

USAMA ZAFAR Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2011, number: 1142264

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

70 LAWNHURST AVENUE
Wythenshawe
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M23 9SA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE FROM THE MINORITY ETHNIC AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES, REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THEM TO BETTER INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY BY: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING TRAINING; THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT; THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN NIGERIA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES.

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