Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ONE VISION

One Vision is a community project which provides practical support to vulnerable individuals and families in the district of Watford. Support is provided to those who self-identify as needing relief as a result of inequalities caused by food poverty and social deprivation. From hot meals and food parcels to mental health signposting services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/23£155£150£5n/a
31/12/22£140£121£19n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.onevisionproject.org/

enoch@ovwatford.org

07702566667

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Walk In Fridges
£8,265 23/02/2023
12
Grant to One Vision
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - One Vision
£1,800 06/12/2022
2
Grant to One Vision
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Afghan Youth cricket team
£1,000 13/06/2022
3
Grant to One Vision
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to One Vision
£5,000 18/08/2021
We will continue to encourage more people to take the COVID-19 vaccine, in particular the hard-to-reach ethnic groups, like South Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities, plus young people IN Hertfordshire. One Vision understands these people groups, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - One Vision
£10,000 13/08/2021
The funding will be used to purchase an electric commercial cooker oven gas cooker kitchen utensils dishwasher and extractor fan and to pay for the weekly hire of a storage cabin and storage container. The project aims to continue the organisation's ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - One Vision Community Kitchen Refurbishment
£5,000 05/03/2021
Grant to One Vision

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • FAIZAL HAKIM Appointed: 2022
  • GILLIAN ADEBAYU Appointed: 2021
  • HARJIT SINGH GREWAL (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Community Development Worker
  • HELEN HYDE DBE Appointed: 2020
  • JAWAD QAMAR MR Appointed: 2020
  • SHARON LEONIE PLATT-MCDONALD Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2020, number: 1192511
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

ONE VISION
PENFOLD PARK
ST ALBANS ROAD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN WATFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY:1) PROMOTING NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND CO-ORDINATED ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.2) PROMOTING COHESIVE COMMUNITY STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS, THROUGH INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.3) PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO SELF-IDENTIFY AS BEING IN NEED OF RELIEF AS A RESULT OF INEQUALITIES CAUSED BY FOOD POVERTY AND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOT MEALS, FOOD BAGS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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