VISION FOR ASIA

Registered charity 1152345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE ARE INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH ORGANISATIONS IN ASIA TO PROVIDEMEDICAL RELIEF, WATER AID, EDUCATION, SUPPORT FOR POOR AND NEEDYPEOPLE, BUILDING PROJECTS, FARMING PROJECTS, VOCATIONAL TRAININGCOURSES, AND SUPPORTING CHRISTIAN PASTORS AND EVANGELISTS.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THEFOLLOWING:(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INACCORDANCE WITH STATED DOCTRINES.(2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ASIA OR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BYPROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/ORCHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVEPOVERTY.(3) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY [OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP] ANYWHEREIN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION,TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNEDTO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BESELF-SUFFICIENT.[NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THECHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OFTHE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£63k

Latest spending

£64k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,475, which is an increase from the previous year's £6,281. However, the charity reported a deficit from all financial activities of £1,427, driven by a 31% drop in total receipts to £62,519. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

Rotary Club — “We are extremely grateful for the support of a local Rotary Club who generously donated to our Rupamari Medical Check-up programme.” (source page)
J&A Cameras — “Our gratitude also extends to J&A Cameras in Barnstaple , North Devon for donating a Nikon DSLR camera lens to enable clearer images to be t…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (11/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW SHUTTLEWORTH
MARIA RUFFHEAD
MARILYN Collins
Nicola Jayne Ross
Susan Nightingale

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

Operates in: India · Philippines

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£63k	£64k
31/12/2023	£91k	£86k
31/12/2022	£65k	£70k
31/12/2021	£74k	£67k
31/12/2020	£78k	£102k

Common questions

Is VISION FOR ASIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,475, which is an increase from the previous year's £6,281. However, the charity reported a deficit from all financial activities of £1,427, driven by a 31% drop in total receipts to £62,519. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.