VISION HOMES ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1017893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of twenty four hour care and support to adults with profound multiple disabilities [including learning disability, physical disability, sensory loss, acquired brain injury] in a variety of residential and domiciliary settings.
Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £224,027, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £7,985, driven by staffing costs and vacant bedspaces. Despite this, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £759,801 are sufficient to meet working capital requirements and support planned growth. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of expenditure including staff costs (circa. £800k) (held: £760k)
“Vision Homes Association estimates that a sum equivalent to three months of expenditure including staff costs (circa. £800k) in any financial year is required as an unrestricted reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 22
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, a proportion of the executive team remuneration and other costs totalling £211,577 (2024 - £132,074) were recharged to the Charity from New Outlook Housing Association Limited. At the 31 March 2025, an amount of £287,099 (2024 - £15,320) was owing to New Outlook Housing Association Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PARSONS, Alison Mary — director, appointed 29/05/2025on trustee list
- ECCLESTON, Stephen Kenneth — director, appointed 29/05/2025on trustee list
- GODDARD, Julie Ruth — director, appointed 29/05/2025on trustee list
- JACKSON, Tom Lee — director, appointed 29/05/2025on trustee list
- CAMPBELL, Malcolm Angus — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
- VON MALACHOWSKI, Virginia Frances — director, appointed 08/12/2022not on trustee list
- RICHARDSON, Zoe — director, appointed 21/04/2022on trustee list
- BEACHIM, Alison Julie — secretary, appointed 29/11/2021
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
CQC provider record: Vision Homes Association — Registered, 6 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 22/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Vision Homes Association - 1A Toll Gate Road: Good (22/05/2019) · CQC record
- Vision Homes Association - 1B Toll Gate Road: Good (21/05/2019) · CQC record
- Vision Homes Association - 1C Toll Gate Road: Good (22/05/2019) · CQC record
- Vision Homes Association - 2 Ouzel Drive: Good (01/03/2019) · CQC record
- Vision Homes Association Supported Living Services: Good (21/03/2023) · CQC record
- Zoe Richardsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
- Alison Mary Parsons
- Julie Ruth Goddard
- Malcolm Angus Campbell
- Stephen Kenneth Eccleston
- Taminder Singh Pattar · trustee of 1 other charity
- Thomas Lee Jackson
- VIRGINIA VON MALACHOWSKI
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bradford City · Herefordshire · Shropshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is VISION HOMES ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £224,027, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £7,985, driven by staffing costs and vacant bedspaces. Despite this, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £759,801 are sufficient to meet working capital requirements and support planned growth. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.
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