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Description
Fight for Sight funds pioneering research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease.
Also known as
- British Eye Research Foundation
- Eye Research UK
- Fight for Sight
- Fight For Sight
- Fight for Sight
- Forward Vision
- Vision Matters
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
E1 8AA
Website
Domain
fightforsight.org.uk
Latest income
£4,842,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1111438 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Scientific research and testing services
K10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Health
HE» Health conditionHE200 -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Visual impairmentHE215 -
Research
RS -
Research
RS» Medical researchRS101
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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People With Disabilities
203 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-09-26 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2006-03-31 | 715,000 | 412,000 |
| 2007-03-31 | 2,786,000 | 2,931,000 |
| 2008-03-31 | 3,485,000 | 3,102,000 |
| 2009-03-31 | 3,446,000 | 4,323,000 |
| 2010-03-31 | 3,058,000 | 3,582,000 |
| 2011-03-31 | 4,811,000 | 4,474,000 |
| 2012-03-31 | 4,708,000 | 4,958,000 |
| 2013-03-31 | 3,765,000 | 4,939,000 |
| 2014-03-31 | 3,243,000 | 5,156,000 |
| 2015-03-31 | 4,011,000 | 4,885,000 |
| 2016-03-31 | 4,524,000 | 5,232,000 |
| 2017-03-31 | 3,792,000 | 4,974,000 |
| 2018-03-31 | 3,501,000 | 5,554,000 |
| 2019-03-31 | 2,908,000 | 5,676,000 |
| 2020-03-31 | 3,332,000 | 4,705,000 |
| 2021-03-31 | 6,416,000 | 4,149,000 |
| 2022-03-31 | 3,514,136 | 3,898,004 |
| 2023-03-31 | 4,842,000 | 4,346,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 17 | 10 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Volunteers | - | 1 |
| Trustees | 10 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 2,797.0 | 1,636.2 |
| Legacies | 1,802.0 | 1,786.8 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 4,599.0 | 3,423.1 |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 209.0 | 78.9 |
| Other income | 34.0 | 12.2 |
| Total | 4,842.0 | 3,514.1 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 43.0 | 24.6 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 1,132.0 | 923.2 |
| Spending on raising funds | 1,175.0 | 947.8 |
| Grants to institutions | 2,254.0 | 2,257.4 |
| Other charitable activities | 917.0 | 692.8 |
| Charitable activities | 3,171.0 | 2,950.2 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 4,346.0 | 3,898.0 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 496.0 | (383.9) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 14.0 | 18.4 |
| Investment assets | 13,285.0 | 13,500.6 |
| 13,299.0 | 13,519.0 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 1,681.0 | 1,496.6 |
| Other current assets | 810.0 | 147.4 |
| 2,491.0 | 1,644.1 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (5,635.0) | (5,105.0) |
| Net current assets | (3,144.0) | (3,461.0) |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 10,155.0 | 10,058.0 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (2,023.0) | (2,045.0) |
| Net assets | 8,132.0 | 8,013.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 471.0 | 540.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 7,661.0 | 7,473.0 |
| 8,132.0 | 8,013.1 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 289,507 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 8.2% |
| Number of government grants | - | 1 |
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R S Macdonald Charitable Trust | £75,097 | Identification of novel therapies for inherited eye disease | ||
| R S Macdonald Charitable Trust | £60,000 | Characterisation of an animal model for cornea stromal dysfunction: the ZNF469 mouse knockout | ||
|
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Large Grants Programme |
£50,000 | Grant to Fight for Sight | ||
| R S Macdonald Charitable Trust | £60,000 | Developing a patient-specific therapy for uveitis | ||
|
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Medical Research |
£200,000 | MCF Medical Research | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Health |
£45,000 | Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award | ||
| R S Macdonald Charitable Trust | £60,000 | Developing a novel therapy for AMD |
Data source
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- The Clothworkers Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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