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Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-207544 .
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Description

Seventy five per cent of blindness in the world is either avoidable or treatable. Sightsavers works with partners in developing countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. Our work alleviates poverty among poor and marginalised communities and thus helps to realise the internationally accepted Millenium Development Goals.

Also known as

  • The Jenny Hall Annual Eye Camp Foundation
  • Mountjoy Bequest Fund
  • The Mountjoy Bequest Fund
  • Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind
  • Royal Commonwealth Society For The Blind
  • Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind
  • Sight Savers
  • Sightsavers
  • Sightsavers International
  • Sightsavers
  • ...and 1 other names
  • Sightsavers International

CCEW Charity number

207544

Company number

RC000706

Registered

Postcode

RH16 3BW

Website

sightsavers.org

Domain

sightsavers.org

Latest income

£313,352,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Bangladesh
  • Burkina Faso
  • Benin
  • Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Cameroon
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Sri Lanka
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Sudan
  • Sierra Leone
  • Senegal
  • South Sudan
  • Chad
  • Togo
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Registered Office in the UK

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Linked records

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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 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-207544 .
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Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Themes and activities

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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.

  • International activities G30

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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  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Visual impairment HE215
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • Disability 104
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • Overseas

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1962-09-22 Registered as a charity
2004-12-31 31,576,230 29,960,949
2005-12-31 44,507,000 46,174,000
2006-12-31 61,838,000 59,183,000
2007-12-31 66,951,000 64,861,000
2008-12-31 101,576,000 101,659,000
2009-12-31 100,168,000 99,212,000
2010-12-31 173,471,000 173,002,000
2011-12-31 161,311,000 158,681,000
2012-12-31 158,629,000 159,320,000
2013-12-31 199,688,000 200,406,000
2014-12-31 187,578,000 185,041,000
2015-12-31 198,303,000 196,864,000
2016-12-31 302,017,000 298,210,000
2017-12-31 321,711,000 321,749,000
2018-12-31 312,765,000 306,250,000
2019-12-31 340,663,000 332,105,000
2020-12-31 261,007,000 250,405,000
2021-12-31 236,775,000 213,622,000
2022-12-31 313,352,000 309,174,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 790 745
Employees paid more than £60,000 52 45
Volunteers - 248,885
Trustees 14
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Statement of Financial Activities

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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.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 269.6 179.9
Legacies 11.8 14.1
Endowments 0.2 0.2
Donations and legacies 281.6 194.2
Income from charitable activities 31.1 42.1
Income from other trading activities 0.2 0.3
Income from investments 0.4 0.2
Other income 0.1 0.0
Total 313.4 236.8
Expenditure
Investment management 0.0 0.0
Other spending on raising funds 22.2 18.5
Spending on raising funds 22.3 18.6
Grants to institutions 39.2 39.9
Other charitable activities 247.6 154.8
Charitable activities 286.9 194.7
Other spending - 0.4
Total 309.2 213.6
Net income / (expenditure) 4.2 23.2

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Balance sheet

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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.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 6.6 0.7
Investment assets 0.7 7.2
7.3 7.9
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 79.4 74.9
Other current assets 7.0 4.5
86.4 79.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (23.8) (20.9)
Net current assets 62.6 58.4
Total assets less current liabilities 69.9 66.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (1.3) (0.9)
Net assets 68.7 65.4
Funds
Endowment funds 0.2 0.2
Restricted funds 20.5 21.5
Unrestricted funds 48.0 43.7
68.7 65.4

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 7,586,906 25,945,000
Government contracts as % of total income 2.4% 11.0%
Number of government contracts 1 2
Government grants
Income from government grants 3,846,314 5,679,151
Government grants as % of total income 1.2% 2.4%
Number of government grants 5 5

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

Grants received

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Received 11 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Pears Foundation £100,000
1 year
Treating and preventing Trachoma in Ethiopia
Jun 2022 to Jun 2023
Brian Mercer Trust
Prevention and Relief of Human Suffering
£300,000
3 years
Grant to Sightsavers
LUND TRUST £835,340 Towards an eye health fund.
LUND TRUST £835,340 Towards an eye health fund.
Pears Foundation £200,000
2 years
Grant to Sightsavers
Apr 2020 to Apr 2022
The National Lottery Community Fund
International
£33,290
1 year
Improving livelihoods for young people with disabilities
Apr 2019 to Feb 2021
ARCADIA
Discretionary
US$1,000,000 To establish an eye health fund in Asia and Africa
The National Lottery Community Fund
International
£399,971
2 years
Improving livelihoods for young people with disabilities
Apr 2017 to Feb 2020
The National Lottery Community Fund
International
£192,741
2 years
Empowering young people with disabilities in East Africa
Apr 2017 to Sep 2019
Comic Relief £553,940
3 years
Leave no child behind: Improving Early Childhood Development in Malawi
Jan 2016 to Dec 2019

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

GB-CHC-207544

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