Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

MOORVISION 

MOORVISION IS A DEVON BASED SUPPORT GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENT/CARERS WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS.WE PROVIDE ACTIVITIES, SUPPORT & INFORMATION INCLUDING FAMILY DAYS OUT; SOCIAL & LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES; PARENT/CARER INFORMATION EVENINGS & TRAINING DAYS; RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY WEEKENDS; A REGULAR NEWSLETTER; AN INFORMATION DATABASE; A WEBSITE; FACEBOOK PAGE & TWITTER ACCOUNT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22£139£132£7n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21£62£101£-38n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£77£48£30n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/19£63£51£12n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/18£53£63£-11£0£0£0n/a010
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.moorvision.org

info@moorvision.org

07581566690

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Plymouth City, Somerset, Torbay,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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£399,547
DCMS£13,853
Devon Community Foundation£6,000
Sport England£5,080
Co-Operative Group£4,158
True Colours Trust£3,160
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessible Arts for All
£9,750 07/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver accessible art day events and a range of art based activities for children and young people living with visual impairments. The project aims to provide inclusive ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Food, Fuel and More Grant Support
£5,500 07/06/2023
Provision of cost of living support for families with children and young people with visual impairment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Moorvision
£4,158 22/10/2022
We will work with local activity providers to help them create accessible and challenging opportunities for children with vision impairments and to raise awareness of vision impairment in childhood.
National Lottery Community Fund - Children and Young People's Sight Loss MOT
£9,700 29/04/2022
The funding will be used to provide a new resource guide and assessment framework for families of children and young people with vision impairment. The project aims to provide parents with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Aiming High for VI Children
£360,347 18/11/2021
The organisation will use the funding to continue and expand it’s work offering activities and shared experiences information advice and support for families of vision impaired children and young ....more
True Colours Trust - Hire of an accessible toilet for day trips for disabled children.
£3,160 20/05/2021
Hire of an accessible toilet for day trips for disabled children
National Lottery Community Fund - A 'New Normal' - Supporting Children with Vision Impairment
£9,750 19/02/2021
12
The funding will be used to support families of children with vision impairment through the COVID-19 pandemic. The organisation will deliver a range of age appropriate online activities during ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£13,853 29/07/2020
"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
Devon Community Foundation - COVID 19 Supporting families of blind and partially sighted kids at home
£500 09/04/2020
Grant to Moorvision
Sport England - Sports Vision 2020
£5,080 20/02/2020
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sports Vision 2020. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Moor Vision More Sport More Movement
£10,000 19/12/2019
10
The funding will go towards a project which will enable children and young people with visual impairments and related disabilities to take part in a wide variety of sporting activities and engage ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Challenge Me, Challenge You
£10,000 04/01/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide a project manager and volunteer support enabling the delivery of extra curricular activities for children and young people living with sight limiting conditions ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/07/2017, number: 1173939
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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

UNIT 6-7, THE WATERMARK
ERME COURT
LEONARDS ROAD
IVYBRIDGE
PL21 0SZ

Objectives

(I) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0 - 25, AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS AND IMMEDIATE FAMILIES, WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISABILITY THROUGH BLINDNESS OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT THROUGH SUPPORT, THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ENABLING SHARED EXPERIENCES WITHIN DEVON, TORBAY, PLYMOUTH AND CORNWALL, OPEN TO FAMILIES FROM THESE AREAS AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. (II) THE RELIEF OF PARENTS (OF EITHER BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED OF SIGHTED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0 - 18) WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISABILITY THROUGH BLINDNESS OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, THROUGH SUPPORT, THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ENABLING SHARED EXPERIENCES WITHIN DEVON, TORBAY, PLYMOUTH AND CORNWALL, OPEN TO FAMILIES FROM THESE AREAS AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISABILITY THROUGH BLINDNESS OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, WITHIN DEVON, TORBAY, PLYMOUTH AND CORNWALL, OPEN TO FAMILIES FROM THESE AREAS AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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