Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

CHILD'S VISION

Child's Vision help support children who have witnessed or been directly affected by Domestic Abuse by way of:-Facilitating the Freedom Programme for Children and TeenagersProviding 1:1 support in schools

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/12/23?	£60	£66	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/08/22	£69	£44	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/08/21	£51	£61	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/08/20	£39	£26	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/08/19	£24	£18	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/08/18	£17	£11	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.childsvision.co.uk

office@childsvision.co.uk

07561426203

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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

DCMS	£27,097
Henry Smith Charity	£6,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,130
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,250	15/03/2024	Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Child's Vision Charity
£2,130	21/10/2023	We would like to provide children with copies of books we have written about overcoming Domestic Abuse. Book 1 is ready now, Book 2 will be ready in September and Book 3 next year.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£27,097	23/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Childs Vision
£6,000	19/03/2020 12	towards one year's running costs of a charity supporting children who have witnessed, or been directly affected by, domestic abuse in Swale and Medway

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

PAT JEFFERY Appointed: 2022

EMMA OSBORNE Appointed: 2021

GARY MAXWELL Appointed: 2020

KIM ANGELA GUEST (Chair) Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2017, number: 1175345

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

GHL House
12-14 Albion Place
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 5DZ

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, IN PARTICULAR FOCUSING ON EMPOWERING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO PROGRESS THROUGH LIFE, MINIMISING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT UPON THEM.2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE IN KENT FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY WORKING WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAID OBJECTFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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