CLEARVISION PROJECT
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
REGISTERED CHARITY
NUMBER 1012850

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LEARVISION PROJECT
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
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31.3.24
FIXED ASSETS
Cost
Less: Depre¢bation
(page 4)
1,397
.1,197
200
38,197
-38.171
26
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtor
Slock
Cash
Bank
500
105
100
131331
$06
110
100
119,26T
119,983
132.038
NET ASSETS
132 236
120.009
REPRESENTED
Unr•strlct•d Funds
(Page 31
General F￿d Balance
blfrwd
118.555
126,450
Nel receip1￿(defI￿t)> for year
Less: DepreGiaiion charge for year
12,391
-7.876
-25
-7.901
118,555
General Fund Balance
130,806
R•8lrlct•d Fund8
(Page 3)
RestriGled Fund Balance
Net payment for
year
bl￿d
1.454
3,934
-84
1.370
3.934
-2,480
1,454
120 009
Less: Depreclatlon charge
1,370
132 236
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and slgned on its behalf by
Trustee .
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CLEARVISI
NPR
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
rlcted Fu
Movements In
R•sources
Balanco
1 Aprll
2024
Balance
31 March
2025
In¢omlng
Outgolng
My Home Library Scheme
23
23
The Moon Forum Fund
842
842
Heritage Cirqa Library
Management System and
SeThlc8S
Fund
789
705
Totsl
-84
1,370
M Home Llbra
Sch•m•
ClearVision18 administwirvJ this scherne for Anne Fine.
Forum F
The Moon Forum Fund relates to Ihe activltles of the Moon Foruffl, a group of organlsalions
includlng RNIB, involved In Ihe promotion and production of
Moon.
H•rfta
na
Llbra
omont
nd S•rvlc•s
Harltage Cirqa Litxary Management System and Serrfices Fund 18 80t up for the upgradlng
of the library sofNvare and puttlrvJ the catalogue online {The Heritage Project).
ANALYSIS OF N
SSETS BETW
Flxfjd
Assets
Current
Assots
Total
Amounl
Unrestricted Fund$
200
130.666
130.866
Restrlcted Funds
1,370
1.370
200
132,036
132,236

CLEARVISI
N PROJECT
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
FIXED ASSET
Offlc•
Hul
Flxlurns
menl & Flttln
Total
amount
Co•1
At 1 April 2024
36,999
55
1.143
1.198
Eliminalion
Addilions
-55
179
-55
254
75
At 31 March 2025
3e.999
179
1,218
1,397
Accurnulat•d
Depr•clatlon
At 1 April 2024
36,999
55
1,117
1,172
Eliminailon
Charge for year
-55
.55
80
20
At 31 Mar¢h 2025
36,999
1.137
1,197
N•t Book Valu•
Al 1 April 2024
26
26
At 31 Marth 2025
119
81
200

CLEARVISION PROJECT
(Charity Number 1012850)
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
CLEARVISION PROJECT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
I rq)ort on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are
set out on pages I to 4.
Respective responslbilities of trustees ind examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The
charity's trustees considcr that an audit is not ￿qUired for this year under section
144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination
is need¢d.
It is my responsibility to:
examinc the accounts under section 145 of thc 201 l Act
follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission undcr section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act
statc whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basls of Independent examlner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by
the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records
kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It
also includes consideration of any unusual itcms or disclosur¢s in the accounts, and
sccking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The
procedures undertaken do not provide all the cvidencc that would be required in an
audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true
and fair view" and the report is limitcd io those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examlner's Statement
In conncction with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
l. Which gives me reasonable cause to b¢li¢vc that in any material respect the
requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply
with thc accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met.
2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
6<4kna a4.7. 202s-
Mrs. Barbara Gabriel
Chartered Accountant
156 Clarence Avenuc
New Malden KT3 3DY
Date

Tru5tees' Annual Report and Flnanclal Revlew
2024.25
Clearvision Project,
Linden Lodge School, 61 Princes Way, London SW19 6JB
Reg. Charity No. 1012850
About Clearvlslon and our work
What we do: We believe everyone should be able to experien￿ the excitement, enjoyment
and educational opportunities that come from sharing books with others. We give children
who have a sight impairment a way to Sha￿ stories with their sighted parents, siblings,
teachers and peers. We also give adults with sight impairment the means to read with
sighted children, improving children's literacy and allowing families to enjoy together one of
the
reat leasures of childhood.
How we achleve thls: We do Ihis by
adding braille to conventional children's
books, and operating a postal lending
library of these books, supplying them to
families, schools, Sensory Support
Services, public libraries and other
organisations all across the UK and
Ireland. Having print, braille (or Moon,
an easier altemative to braille) and
pictures together on the page allows
these books to be shared by people wlth
and without sight reading together. We
also have a collection of around 800
handmade tactile image books which are loaned through schools and Sensory Support
Services. These allow children to build up their touch skills in preparation for learning
braille, whilst enjoying and benefitting from pictures, just as their sighted peers do. They are
also a vital resource for children who read large print but don't have enough vision to enjoy
conventional pictures, and to children and teenagers whose additional disabilities mean
they may not learn to read, but hugely benefit from exploring Ihe pictures whilsl the words
are read to them.
Clearvision's braille books are produced by two self-employed braille transcribers, a self-
employed blind proofreader and a prison braille unit. Our tactile books are created by
volunteers across the UK. The project is run by a full-time Director and library borrowing
administered by a part-time Library Administrator. Specific projects are supported by a part-
time Project Officer.
Our Alms: To promote literacy and a love of books in children and adults who are blind or
have a sight impairment. To campaign for the availability of books in accessible formats for
all people with sight impairment. To promote the provision, teaching, use and enjoyment of
braille, Moon. and tactile illustrations.

Our Trustees: The work of the charty is directed by the board of Trustees.. Timothy
Richmond (Chair)., Christina Matawa (Secretsry); Peter Flynn (Treasurer); Rosalyn
Gibbons,. Louise Jeynes. Chamandeep Singh Grover, Leonie Masterson and Hannah Graff.
All the Trustees have personal andlor professional knowledge of the education of children
with sight impairment. Two are former Claarvision borrowers and have sight impairment,
one is the parent of a young borrower. Most have additional management experience.
Our Patron: We continue to enjoy the enthusiastic support of our patron, former Children's
Laureate Anne Fine, OBE.
Our Work Thls Year
Clearvision has continued to provide a unique service and has increased both the range
and quantity of books available in braille. This year we've loaned 8200 books to 344
families,145 nurseries, school and colleges. 14 public libraries and 56 Sensory Support
services, supporting around 684 children with sight impairment. Because our books are
designed for sharing, our borrowers, families, classmates and friends have benefitted too!
98 new families, 37 schools. nurseries and colleges and 11 new Sensory Support Services
have joined the library since this time last year. We've also had 3 new public libraries join,
so that they can host small collections of our dual fomat print-and-braille books in their
branches, letting anyone walk in off the street and pick up something in a format they can
read.
Launch of our onllne catalogue
In March we celebrated the
launch of our long-
anticipated online library
catalogue and a smart new
website to host it. This was
the culmination of an
incredible amount of work
over several years. It
showcases each title in our
collection of over 10,000
books, including a
description, cover photo
and picture-description for
each title. It is fully
screenreader acccessible
to allow all our borrowers to
browse the collection, search for individual subjects or authors and create wish-lists for their
future loans. We're delighted to be able to give our borrowers more choice and control over
their loans than ever before. We hope this will be empowering, inspiring and drive even
greater engagement with books and braille leaming. We're hugely grateful to the staff,
volunteers and borrowers who have brought this wonderful new era to our library.
Brallle200 celebrations
This year, the UK has begun celebrating 200 years since the invention of braille. Our books
have been used in 'Braille and Beyond, events in public libraries across the UK, highlighting
the importance of this way of reading. We're also using this special year to conduct a series
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of inter￿leWS with our borrowers and ex-borrowers about how they came to learn braille.
their experience using our books, how they use braille today, and what they'd like to tell
children just starting out on their own braille journey. These will be used on our website,
social media and in talks lo support the next generation of young braillists. Because sight
impairment is a relatively low-incidence disability, and braille-users are a small proportion of
everyone who has sight impairment, children learning braille are often the only person they
know who is doing so. Not only can this be isolating but it means they lack reading role
models. Their parents and carers can often initially struggle with how "different. reading
braille is to print (though many tell us that the fact that Clearvision books look so like
regular books helps with this). We hope hearing the stories of other braillists will encourage
our younger borrowers and help the general public understand braille better, hopefully
letting those young borrowers grow up in a more informed, tolerant world.
Expandlng our outreach
One of our biggest challenges as a small but national charity is reaching potential
borrowers: we know there are families who'd benefit from our seniice but simply haven't
heard of us. This year we've been trying to expand awareness of our service amongst
professionals who can signpost families to us. This has included presenting at the
conference of VIEW (the professlonal body for specialist teachers of children with vision
impainnent); meeting with Portage workers and giving a webinar to 26 public library staff
from across the country. We're particularly pleased to have been part of the RNIB'S ECLO
network's continuing professional development programme. Working in hospitals and with
families, ECLOS are often a family's first point of information once their child has been
diagnosed with a sight impainnent- literally in the hospital before they return home, and a
long time before a family is assigned other professionals. One element of an ECLO'S role is
to signpost the family to relevant services and support, which makes them ideal for helping
families find Clearvision. We've also been part of several playgroups run by Guide Dogs as
part of their My Time To Play project. Early development of touch skills is crucial for
children with sight impairment, so getting to welcome these babies and toddlers to the
library, knowing how well our books help develop these skills, is brilliant.
Tactlle book excellence
In July Clearvision coordinated the UK
round of the 2024 Typhlo and Tactus
Intemational Tactile Book Competition, a
world-wide competition to encourage
creators of tactile books for children with
little or no sight. We received some
excellent entries. Our young borrowers,
who selected four to send to the
international judging in Lublin, Poland. This
year, for the first time, several 'Special
Mentions. categories were trialled and
British book Your Help Is Needed about
environmentslism won the Didactic
category, for books with a special
'message.'
Our contributlons to wlder work: We continue to Work closely with other organisations
providing books in ac￿Ssible formats, including the RNIB, Calibre audio library. Guide

Dogs, VICTA, the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust and VIEW.
We continue to support the UK Association for Accessible Fonnats and to sit on the board
of Share the Vision, an organisation which widens access to public libraries for those
unable to use regular books. This year we were delighted to sit on BookTrust England's
selection panel for their specialist book-gifting packs for babies and toddlers with
disabilities, including their BookTouch packs for those with sight impairment, and to work
with the Scottish Book Trust to make titles in their Read Write Count With The First Minister
packs accessible to children who use braille, via our library.
Our Im
The aim of all this work is to make a positive difference to the lives of our borrowers. Our
impact survey conducted this year shows the success of this:
980/0 of respondents felt that accessing our books had helped their childlteenager's
education, learning or developmenl;
890/0 felt that our books had helped their child feel more included at school, home or with
friends, with 720/0 saying that il had helped very much;
9311/0 said their children felt more positive about sharing, reading or exploring books wilh
81 Q/0 describing their child as 'much more positive,.
We are very proud that the library is doing what it was intended.. bringing the transformative
power of books and shared reading to the lives of children who might otherwise not receive
Our Su
orters and Flnance
Our supporters: We have been fortunate this year to receive financial support from the
National lottery Community Fund, The Powell Family Foundation, The R. S MacDonald
Foundation, The Sobell Foundation, The True Colours Trust, Fight For SighVThe Vision
Foundation, The Catherine Cookson Foundation, The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation, The
Childwick Trust, The John Thaw Foundation, The Wise Music Foundation, the Woodroffe
Benton Foundation, Baron Davenports Charity, The Forrester Charitable Trust, The
Spectacle Makers, Charity, Shanly Foundation, The Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust and
the Travers Smith Foundation.
We are grateful to the generosity of these organisations, and that of the numerous
generous individuals who support our work, including those who have made us part of their
legacy.
Restrlcted funds: The 'My Home Library, fund is designed to pay for a gift of four free dual
format prinubraille books to every young braille reader who joins the Clearvision library.
The scheme was initiated by our Patron, author Anne Fine, during her period as Children's
Laureate, We have not found a grantmaker to support this fund this year, but continue to
seek funders able to give this deeply-valued gift to our borrowers.
We retain a protected fund on behalf of the Moon Forum, to enable us to write and
distribute the Moon Mag magazine. This supports the aims of the Moon Forum to promote
Moon as an invaluable alternative for those who cannot learn braille. Due to the closure of
HMP Full Sutton's braille unit, from whom we previously commissioned the Moon Mag,
there has been no payment made from this fund this year, as we have yet to find an

alternative transcriber of Moon font. We continue to seek other providers to enable us to
restart this sen11￿.
Our Reserves Policy: Clearvision is a small charity, growing to meet demand, investing in
its online catalogue and in the diversification of its income sources. To achieve this and to
mitigate the risk of only having a small staff (which makes us vulnerable to long-term illness
or injury) and to unpredictable external factors, we have adopted a cautious reserves policy.
This policy is to hold in reserve one year of our projected annual operating costs, £144,835
for 2025126. At the end of 2024125 we have come reasonably close to achieving this goal,
which we consider satisfactory given the current fundraising climate.
Investment Pollcy: the Trustees have considered the mosl appropriate policy for investing
funds and do not see fit to invest in the stock market because of the high risks associated
with fluctuating economic market conditions. Instead we keep some surplus funds in short-
to-mediurn term deposits with our bankers, which can be accessed readily. To maximise
interest, £41,665 is currently held in a thirty-day noti￿ Clubs & Charities Account. The
Trustees are aware of the desirability of spreading savings between different banking
groups.
Rlsk re
ortln
and res
onslblll
the responsibility for the management and control of
the charity rests with the trustees, who are fully involved in the key aspects of the risk
management process. Risks are considered in all aspects of Clearvision's work and include
governance, operational, financial and Complian￿ risks, as well as risks arising from
external factors. Potential risk areas and mitigation strategies (induding the Reserves
Policy) are reviewed a minimum of once a year.
The Trustees are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to any significant
risks. We are pleased to confirm that there are no serious incidents which should have
brought to the attention of the Charity Commission but have not been.
Signed by
on behalf of the Clearvision Truslees on 27th June 2025.