Global Vision Initiative

Registered charity 1142264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as V2020, VISION 2020 LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

Charity organisation runs instructive social, leadership skills training, sports/exercises to strengthen communities, provide opportunities for socially disadvantaged, hard to reach, people through low income, rural, social isolation etc; assists these groups people to find routes back into education, volunteering etc in BMEA communities of Gorton, Manchester UK;.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE FROM THE MINORITY ETHNIC AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES, REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THEM TO BETTER INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY BY: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING TRAINING; THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT; THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN NIGERIA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£75k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,060 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £74,560 against charitable expenditure of £73,500. Per the balance sheet, total net assets stood at £8,431, comprising unrestricted reserves of £8,431 and no restricted funds. The trustees confirmed the charity is continuing its operations and satisfied the exemption from audit requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: GVI’s restricted and unrestricted reserves (savings) are set aside for specific purposes and will not be used for day-to-day operations as clearly stated in our reserves policy and financial reports. (held: £8k)
“GVI’s restricted and unrestricted reserves (savings) are set aside for specific purposes and will not be used for day-to-day operations as clearly stated in our reserves policy and financial reports.” — page 9
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £37,500 — grants £37,500 (1); 50% of the £74,560 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £32,400 — grants £32,400 (32,400); 58% of the £55,588 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £42,375 — grants £42,375 (42,375); 12% of the £342,173 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Nigeria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£75k£74k
31/03/2025£56k£51k
31/03/2024£342k£344k
31/03/2023£264k£263k
31/03/2022£163k£160k

Common questions

Is Global Vision Initiative financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,060 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £74,560 against charitable expenditure of £73,500. Per the balance sheet, total net assets stood at £8,431, comprising unrestricted reserves of £8,431 and no restricted funds. The trustees confirmed the charity is continuing its operations and satisfied the exemption from audit requirements. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Global Vision Initiative?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Global Vision Initiative as a grant recipient include THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SKELTON BOUNTY, W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2025£2k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2026£2k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2023£1kMATERIAL INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/04/2023£10kBridge the Gap Project BGP
UK government24/09/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/01/2012£10k'Yes' Youth Expect Support Project
Sport England03/06/2011£7kV2020 TENNIS AWARENESS PROJECT 'TAP'
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2010£10kYouth Leadership Development Programme (YLDP)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£528k
ELRHA1£276k
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK1£127k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£122k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£102k
SUICIDE & CO1£67k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£53k
BUPA FOUNDATION1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORLD VISION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Global Vision Initiative£75k—0unclear—no doubt
WORLD VISION UK FY2025£66.1m——unclear18.2%no doubt
GLOBAL CHARITIES FY2026£6.8m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY FY2025£202k——unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK FY2025£1.6m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear3.0%no doubt
MISSION VIEW FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt

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