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Description
Vision Foundation plays a critical role in transforming lives and saving sight by working in partnership with others to deliver projects which inform, empower and include. In addition to providing funding we research, campaign and advocate on behalf of all blind and partially sighted people.
Also known as
- GLFB
- Greater London Fund for the Blind
- Vision Foundation
- Vision Foundation for London
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
E1 8AA
Website
Domain
visionfoundation.org.uk
Latest income
£2,644,808 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- visionfoundation.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Wikipedia: Vision Foundation
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Area of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1074958 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Vision Foundation for London (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Scientific research and testing services
K10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Charitable activities
CA» Policy campaigning and advocacyCA103 -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Visual impairmentHE215 -
Research
RS
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Disability
104
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Other Charitable Activities
310
Scale of operation
- Regional
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-03-31 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 2,170,346 | 2,147,023 |
| 2005-03-31 | 2,414,053 | 2,051,619 |
| 2006-03-31 | 2,786,211 | 2,302,068 |
| 2007-03-31 | 2,878,013 | 2,547,180 |
| 2008-03-31 | 2,387,406 | 2,162,250 |
| 2009-03-31 | 2,635,257 | 2,672,692 |
| 2010-03-31 | 2,609,357 | 2,473,287 |
| 2011-03-31 | 2,504,147 | 2,165,453 |
| 2012-03-31 | 2,650,449 | 2,808,001 |
| 2013-03-31 | 2,433,388 | 2,373,266 |
| 2014-03-31 | 2,542,793 | 2,466,317 |
| 2015-03-31 | 2,733,658 | 2,362,784 |
| 2016-03-31 | 2,553,294 | 2,461,503 |
| 2017-03-31 | 2,092,991 | 2,290,863 |
| 2018-03-31 | 2,274,228 | 2,279,466 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,814,366 | 2,098,078 |
| 2020-03-31 | 3,232,537 | 3,564,029 |
| 2021-03-31 | 2,222,629 | 2,608,285 |
| 2022-03-31 | 2,205,654 | 2,157,124 |
| 2023-04-01 | 2,644,808 | 2,807,413 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 42 | 42 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Volunteers | 40 | 52 |
| Trustees | 3 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 1,053.1 | 816.1 |
| Legacies | 330.9 | 321.3 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 1,383.9 | 1,137.4 |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | 1,219.1 | 1,033.8 |
| Income from investments | 41.7 | 34.5 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 2,644.8 | 2,205.7 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 600.0 | 430.8 |
| Spending on raising funds | 600.0 | 430.8 |
| Grants to institutions | 447.5 | - |
| Other charitable activities | 596.8 | 834.5 |
| Charitable activities | 1,044.3 | 834.5 |
| Other spending | 1,163.1 | 891.8 |
| Total | 2,807.4 | 2,157.1 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (162.6) | 48.5 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | 426.1 |
| Investment assets | - | 1,132.1 |
| - | 1,558.2 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | - | 1,263.6 |
| Other current assets | - | 378.1 |
| - | 1,641.6 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | - | (656.1) |
| Net current assets | - | 985.5 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | - | 2,543.7 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | (201.2) |
| Net assets | - | 2,342.5 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | - | 2.5 |
| Unrestricted funds | - | 2,340.0 |
| - | 2,342.5 | |
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.
View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.
| 2023 | 18 grants | £350,441 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 grants | £437,501 |
| 2021 | 15 grants | £493,349 |
| 2020 | 29 grants | £1,171,695 |
| 2019 | 20 grants | £333,180 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Vision Foundation (110 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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