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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

MYVISION OXFORDSHIRE

Provision of support for blind and visually impaired, primarily in Oxfordshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and 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
31/03/23£340£339£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£278£258£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£322£224£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£226£231£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£166£288£-122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£232£290£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£151£275£-125n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£317£331£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£325£332£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£287£307£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£330£278£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£404£282£122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.myvision.org.uk

info@MyVision.org.uk

01865725595

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£36,032
Wolfson Foundation£35,000
Postcode Society Trust£11,045
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£3,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£11,045 03/04/2023
Funding was used to support blind and visually impaired people across Oxfordshire, improving wellbeing and independence.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - MyVision Oxfordshire – Didcot Social Group Wellness Sessions
£2,880 24/03/2023
11
Grant to MyVision Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - MyVision Oxfordshire’s Core Services
£17,375 20/12/2022
9
Grant to MyVision Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - MyVision Oxfordshire – Energy Costs
£800 15/12/2022
8
Grant to MyVision Oxfordshire
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - MyVision Oxfordshire - 21/07/22
£2,500 18/08/2022
Core Funding
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to MyVision Oxfordshire
£35,000 08/06/2022
New energy-efficient windows and external door
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Core work
£9,977 09/12/2021
11
Grant to Oxfordshire Association For The Blind
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 24/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£10,000 20/08/2021
36
Supporting visually impaired people in Oxfordshire
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Oxfordshire Association for the Blind - 28/05/21
£1,000 23/06/2021
Core Funding
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Core funding to sustain our re-focused services
£5,000 29/04/2020
5
Advice and Support - supporting the blind through Covid19 crisis. Continuing normal work.
Wates Foundation - Oxfordshire Association for the Blind (OAB)
£15,000 07/05/2019
Telephone or face to face listening service will be provided by our trained volunteers. The contact time between the client and volunteer is expected to be approximately one hour or less per contact.
Oxford City Council - Grant to Oxfordshire Association for the Blind
£5,000 01/04/2019
Funding awarded for the recruitment and training of volunteers
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oxfordshire Association For The Blind
£3,230 29/11/2017
We need staff costs, new equipment and upgrades, website maintenance and travel expenses for volunteers and visually impaired people.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Visual Impairment Training
£14,490 26/03/2015
Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety
Dunhill Medical Trust - Building Grant: Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired
£20,000 10/03/2011
Resource centre to support visually impaired people in Oxfordshire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-81
  • ANITA LIGHTSTONE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • ANNA THERESA DRIVER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Trusts And Grants
  • CHINONYE NZEWI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • GUY ROGER LAWFULL (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None
  • JANET JOHNSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIAN BAGWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • MARGARET SIMPSON MBE Appointed: 2013
  • PROFESSOR ADRIAN HILL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • SIMON TIMONTHY HOLT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Product Manager, Content Accessibility
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2011, number: 1140556
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/12/2010, number: 07465300
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
12 returns made; AR12: 23 days late,
Main office

BRADBURY LODGE
GORDON WOODWARD WAY
ABINGDON ROAD
OXFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX1 4XL

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity are to promote the relief of and to support visually impaired people living in Oxfordshire and its surrounding area in such ways as the trustees think fit to enable them to live independent and active lives.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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