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INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS

Registered charity 1100559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS (UK) LIMITED

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Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £909,644, representing 2.7 months of budgeted operating expenditure, which is slightly below the charity's own policy target of three months. Despite this slight shortfall, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations through at least September 2026.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The unrestricted free reserves of £909,644 represent 2.7 months’ of 2025 budgeted unrestricted operating expenditure. This is slightly below the IAPB’s policy of 3 months’ of free unrestricted operating expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: IAPB Trading Limited
“the charity has a wholly-owned subsidiary company, IAPB Trading Limited, which has not traded in 2024 or 2023.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£3.4m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£920k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£4.0m£3.4m
31/12/2023£3.1m£3.4m
31/12/2022£3.0m£3.0m
31/12/2021£2.3m£2.3m
31/12/2020£2.2m£4.2m

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £909,644, representing 2.7 months of budgeted operating expenditure, which is slightly below the charity's own policy target of three months. Despite this slight shortfall, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations through at least September 2026. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.