ENVIRONMENTAL VISION

Registered charity 1095328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENVISION

Envision develops young people's employability by empowering them to tackle real-life social problems.Our main programme is the inter-school competition Community-apprentice which requires young people, primarily from disadvantaged backgrounds, to develop and demonstrate personal qualities whilst working in teams to manage their own community projects.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an accounting deficit of £238,634 for the year, which was covered by unrestricted reserves, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £692,588. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains free reserves of £665k, providing 5.4 months' cover against its stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity possesses adequate financial resources to manage business risks for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04422128

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Envision (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• #iwill — “Strengthening Youth-Led Social Action with #iwill Funding” (source page)

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.

• CAINES-POWELL, Simone — director, appointed 11/03/2026on trustee list
• JAKAR, Amy — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• THEEN, Sophie Suk Yi — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Andrew Peter — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Daniel Stuart — director, appointed 13/03/2025on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Latesha Precious — director, appointed 05/12/2024not on trustee list
• VYAS, Joy — director, appointed 13/06/2024on trustee list
• SHANAGHER, Timothy — director, appointed 14/03/2023on trustee list
• HALIGAH, Josephine — director, appointed 17/03/2022on trustee list
• YARROW, Saima — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
• HOBKINSON, Benjamin George — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
• LOCK, Joanna — secretary, appointed 12/11/2024

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 13.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Shanagherchair
• Amy Jakar
• Andrew Peter Griffiths
• Benjamin George Hobkinson
• Daniel Stuart Richards
• Josephine Haligah
• Joy Vyas
• Latesha-Precious Richards
• Saima Yarrow
• Simone Caines-Powell
• Sophie Theen · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VISION 21 (CYFLE CYMRU).

• VISION 21 (CYFLE CYMRU) income £2.3m
• VISION25 income £942k
• EDUCATION & EMPLOYERS TASKFORCE income £1.2m
• MISSION DIRECT LIMITED income £728k
• The King's Trust International income £7.6m
• VISIONARY - LINKING LOCAL SIGHT LOSS CHARITIES income £399k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.