MOORVISION
MoorVision is a Devon and Cornwall based Charity that supports families of children and young people aged 0-29 with vision impairment. We provide information, advice, support, advocacy, training and a wide range of activities and residential trips including fully accessible sports, arts, music, science & nature, cultural, social and leisure opportunities. We have a website and Facebook group.
Objects
(i) The relief of children and young people aged 0-29, and their parents/carers and immediate families, who are in need by reason of disability through blindness or visual impairment through support, the provision of information and enabling shared experiences within Devon, Torbay, Plymouth and Cornwall, open to families from these areas and adjoining counties. (ii) The relief of parent/carers of children and young people aged 0-29 who are in need by reason of disability through blindness or visual impairment, who are themselves (the parent/carers) also in need by reason of disability through blindness or visual impairment, through support and the provision of information within Devon, Torbay, Plymouth and Cornwall, open to families from these areas and adjoining counties.(iii) The advancement of public awareness of the needs of children and young people aged 0-29 who are in need by reason of disability through blindness or visual impairment, within Devon, Torbay, Plymouth and Cornwall.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £31k for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds of £181k, of which £66k is unrestricted/free reserves. The trustees have concluded that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 12
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 12
- Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £271,346 total gross income on the same return
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 2% of the £223,820 total gross income on the same return
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/11/2018)
Trustees
- Rebecca Bartlettchair
- Abigail Crosby
- Daisy Anna Whitbread
- Georgia White
- PETER DAVID WATKINS
- Sara Louise Kane
- Shelley Anne Peddie
- Verity Langham
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £243k | £212k |
| 31/12/2024 | £271k | £208k |
| 31/12/2023 | £224k | £178k |
| 31/12/2022 | £139k | £132k |
| 31/12/2021 | £62k | £101k |
Common questions
Is MOORVISION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £31k for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds of £181k, of which £66k is unrestricted/free reserves. The trustees have concluded that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds MOORVISION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MOORVISION as a grant recipient include Fight for Sight, THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fight for Sight | FY2025 | £30k | Social change grant |
| THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £20k | |
| THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £20k | |
| THE CLARE MILNE TRUST | FY2023 | £19k | |
| THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST | FY2022 | £12k | Regular grants programme and close partners |
| THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST | FY2023 | £12k | Regular grants programme and close partners |
| THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | Regular grants programme |
| THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £10k | Blind Care |
| THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £10k | |
| THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST | FY2022 | £10k | COVID emergency fund (continued) |
| THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £10k | Care of the Blind, Prevention of, or Cure of Blindness |
| THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | Blind Care |
| HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £5k | |
| THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £4k | |
| THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST | FY2022 | £3k | Specialised equipment, including sensory and play equipment. |
| SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £3k | Ann Rylands Small Donations |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £2k | |
| BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £1k | Activities including adapted sailing, swimming and audio described theatre opportunities for their 18-29-year-old age group members. |
| HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION | FY2024 | amount not stated |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/06/2026 | £400k | See Me Thrive – Supporting SW Children and Young People with Vision Impairment |
| Sport England | 07/10/2024 | £700 | Accessible Online Fitness for All |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/09/2024 | £20k | Children and Young People's Sight Loss MOT |
| Postcode Lottery | 29/03/2024 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/07/2023 | £10k | Accessible Arts for All |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/04/2022 | £10k | Children and Young People's Sight Loss MOT |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/11/2021 | £360k | Aiming High for VI Children |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/02/2021 | £10k | A 'New Normal' - Supporting Children with Vision Impairment |
| UK government | 29/07/2020 | £14k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| Sport England | 20/02/2020 | £5k | Sports Vision 2020 |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/12/2019 | £10k | Moor Vision More Sport More Movement |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/01/2019 | £10k | Challenge Me, Challenge You |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/08/2012 | £1k | Family Trip to Sight Village Exhibition July 2013 |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ELRHA | 1 | £276k |
| PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK | 1 | £127k |
| E B M CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £100k |
| The Keith Howard Foundation | 1 | £85k |
| THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY | 1 | £40k |
| THE STRATTON NO2 CHARITABLE FUND | 1 | £30k |
| THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION | 1 | £25k |
| MIDDLE WAY TRUST | 1 | £20k |
Charities like this
- Vision Support Barrow & District
- MOORVIEW RESCUE LIMITED
- MYVISION OXFORDSHIRE
- TWIN VISION
- WORLD VISION UK
- VISION NORFOLK
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOORVISION | £243k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Vision Support Barrow & District | £2.5m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MOORVIEW RESCUE LIMITED | £40k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| MYVISION OXFORDSHIRE | £550k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| TWIN VISION | £43k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WORLD VISION UK | £66.1m | — | — | unclear | 18.2% | no doubt |