Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 28 ?

ENVIRONMENTAL VISION

Envision develops young people's employability by empowering them to tackle real-life social problems.Our main programme is the inter-school competition Community-apprentice which requires young people, primarily from disadvantaged backgrounds, to develop and demonstrate personal qualities whilst working in teams to manage their own community projects.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/07/23£1,079£1,058£20£107£530£530623472
31/07/22£885£858£27£95£510£4956.918500
31/07/21£744£667£78£66£483£444816288
31/07/20£798£738£60£87£405£366620300
31/07/19*£865£796£70£0£345£3405.121306
31/07/18£806£750£56£0£275£2754.4210
31/07/17£639£644£-5£0£219£2194.1190
31/07/16£553£610£-57£0£224£2244.4170
31/07/15£797£857£-60£11£280£2803.9230
31/07/14£955£909£46£11£340£3404.5250
31/07/13£1,457£1,310£147£11£294£2942.7340
31/07/12£1,061£986£75£9£147£1471.8280
31/07/11£780£847£-67£42£72£721260
31/07/10£856£853£3£10£139£1392270
31/07/09£587£544£43£10£137£1332.9180
31/07/08£480£425£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£390£370£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£298£321£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£228£216£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£160£150£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.envision.org.uk

vision@envision.org.uk

02070961714

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Mentoring and leadership support
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£345,146
Dulverton Trust£115,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£50,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Envision KS5 programme in Birmingham FE colleges
£105,000 07/06/2023
Envision KS5 programme in Birmingham FE colleges
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Envision
£345,146 09/06/2022
Grow our senior programme in London while building a strengthened graduate network, opportunities hub and communications resource to boost access to positive transitions for young people completing our structured essential and employment skills ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Envision
£500 03/12/2021
Education event award
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Developing Envision's reach and influence
£30,000 09/06/2021
Envision brings together local businesses, schools, charities and volunteers to provide a practical learning experience which enables young people to develop the skills they need to succeed in work and life. In return, young people invest their time ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Envision
£4,936 24/10/2020
We will help young people become better equipped to tackle social issues in their community and develop employability skills for the future.
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Envision (Environmental Vision)
£5,000 30/09/2020
Towards core costs to prepare young people for employment, to develop a generation of young leaders willing and able to build a better society. Teachers help identify pupils who most need support.
Dulverton Trust - Envision?s 20th Anniversary Appeal - Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
£10,000 10/06/2020
Envision?s 20th Anniversary Appeal - Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 22/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Support to develop a new three-year plan to increase impact
£60,000 08/07/2019
24
To contribute to the salary of a new Head of Programmes and Impact to drive continuous improvement in the organisation's data and quality, and to allow the Chief Executive to focus on deepening reach and influence.
Dulverton Trust - Community-Apprentice in Birmingham
£90,000 12/06/2019
Community-Apprentice in Birmingham
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 2019-20
£30,000 01/04/2019
The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - The Community-Apprentice KS5
£4,000 31/07/2018
10
Toward the group's community apprentice scheme for key stage 5 pupils in St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, which is designed and facilitated to build students’ personal agency and social confidence along with key employability skills
Co-Op Foundation - National #iwill Project
£165,000 05/07/2018
Envision’s ‘Community Apprentice’ project builds young people’s skills and helps them tackle social issues they care about in their local communities. The project will be developed and delivered in partnership with ten Co-operative Academy ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Community-Apprentice - the Health Challenge
£65,000 05/07/2018
Envision will deliver ‘Community-Apprentice – The Health Challenge’ in schools in Birmingham, where they will harness the 70th anniversary of the NHS to improve young people’s health and wellbeing through peer-led youth social action.
Co-Op Foundation - Community Apprentice
£70,000 17/10/2017
Envision’s ‘Community Apprentice’ project builds young people’s skills and helps them tackle social issues they care about in their local communities.
Quartet Community Foundation - Community-Apprentice
£5,000 13/03/2017
10
Continuation of the Community Apprentice scheme in Bristol school, supporting young people to create and deliver social action projects.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Envision
£2,500 09/01/2017
As requested by the donor.
Co-Op Foundation - Community Apprentice
£20,000 13/10/2016
Envision’s ‘Community Apprentice’ project builds young people’s skills and helps them tackle social issues they care about in their local communities.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Envision
£58,000 01/05/2015
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the salary and associated costs of the project co-ordinator for the Community Apprentice scheme for young people in Bristol
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Environmental Vision (known as Envision)
£30,000 21/07/2014
Towards core costs to support the consolidation of the business model for developing social action programmes with young people across England.
Dulverton Trust - the Community Apprentice Programme in Bristol
£40,000 23/10/2013
the Community Apprentice Programme in Bristol
Tudor Trust - Grant to Envision
£48,000 29/07/2013
24
over two years towards the salary of a project co-ordinator for the Community Apprentice scheme for young people in Bristol
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Apprentice
£112,855 16/07/2013
36
This is a new project based on consultation, research and past work by Environmental Vision (EV). Through co-creating community action projects tackling neighbourhood problems and engaging young people as active citizens, it aims to support people ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Community Apprentice (developing crucial skills for active citizenship)
£90,000 26/02/2013
Community Apprentice is an experiential learning programme which will help young people develop the confidence, communication and relationship-building skills they need to become active citizens.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Environmental Vision (known as Envision)
£141,321 30/09/2009
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary and costs of the head of communications and policy.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 22-65
  • BENJAMIN GEORGE HOBKINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Sales Manager
  • HERMINDER CHANNA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • JOSEPHINE HALIGAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student
  • JOY VYAS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Director
  • KATE BOSWELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Client Director
  • SAIMA YARROW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant
  • SARAH JOANNE COOKE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • SUSAN ANGELA HIGGINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Education Consultant
  • TIMOTHY SHANAGHER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Adviser
  • TOBY GILES MILLER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2003, number: 1095328
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/04/2002, number: 04422128
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
20 returns made; AR19: 12 days late,
Main office

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Objectives

TO PROMOTE CITIZENSHIP AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE BY ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH ADVANCE THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; PROVIDE POSITIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY COHESION; ADVANCE THE VOLUNTEERING AGENDA AND RECOGNISING AND SHARING EXCELLENCE IN VOLUNTEERING TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN MATTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO PROVIDE TRAINING, CONSULTANCY AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OTHER AGENCIES WORKING TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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