Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

INNOVATIVE VISION ORGANISATION 

Innovative vision organisation is a health & social care charity. Activities incl. open door information & advise to the public on health issues, advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS.The charity runs support groups , Keep Fit exercises for 50+IVO facilitates children & young people dance & drama groups, community out outreach activities, IT skills courses.Volunteering opportunities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 27 years

WWW.IVOUK.COM

INNOVATIVEVISIONORGANIZATION@GMAIL.COM

07402413945

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£34£34£1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£30£28£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£18£16£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a027
31/03/17£26£27£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£20£21£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£17£20£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07?*£23£8£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£273£285£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£260£263£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Throughout England, Uganda, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£19,700
Greater London Authority£15,100
DCMS£9,990
BBC Children in Need£9,172
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Innovative Vision Organisation
£5,000 11/01/2023
This Project is aiming at decreasing Isolation and loneliness among the people from minoritized, racialised Communities in London Borough of Haringey and neighbouring boroughs of Waltham Forest, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep open and warm our IVO Tottenham Centre
£9,700 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide a warm space and activities for vulnerable people to access who are from diverse backgrounds living in and around Tottenham London. The project aims to provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tottenham London Post Covid 19 Resillience Project
£10,000 24/09/2021
The funding is being used to support people from BAME communities with the recruitment of new volunteers and refresher training of existing ones to organise a soft relaunch of the community centre ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to London Borough of Croydon
£10,100 01/12/2020
South Norwood Goes Wild for All
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,990 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Innovative Vision Organisation (IVO)
£9,172 08/08/2019
12
Dance classes, a nutrition club and trips for children and young people from BAME groups experiencing social and economic disadvantage. Benefits will include increased engagement at school, improved ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Innovative Vision Organisation
£10,000 01/03/2019
Tottenham Young Volunteers Building on a previous pilot project - this project will offer training and volunteering opportunities for young people. Opportunities will include intergenerational ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Launch of A New Tottenham IVO Multipurpose Community Centre
£10,000 14/02/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Haringey. The group will use the funding to organise a community centre launch, purchase IT equipment and celebrate the black history month to publicise their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1997, number: 1063935
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR13: 132 days late, AR11: 46 days late, AR09: 53 days late, AR08: 397 days late, AR07: 267 days late, AR05: 89 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

123 HIGH CROSS ROAD
LONDON
N17 9NR

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ORIGIN LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT IN THE AREA OF WELFARE, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND IMMIGRATION. (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS OF AFRICAN ORIGIN AFFECTED OR INFECTED BY HIV / AIDS LIVING IN THE UK BY THE PROVISION OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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