THE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

Registered charity 1107638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AHPO, ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, THE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN OPTHALMOLOGY

promote and advance excellence in the field of education in ophthalmology for allied health professionals

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRACTICE, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISION SCIENCE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF CARE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DISEASE OR DISABILITY AFFECTING THE EYES OR VISION, ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISION SCIENCE, AND PROMOTING OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISION SCIENCE IN THE PROVISION AND ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH CARE.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Staffordshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £18,607 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £101,644 to £83,037. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and note that the current level of reserves allows them to meet the charity's objectives. The charity is not required to be audited under the small companies regime.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities
“The main source of income is from student course fees.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 20/06/2024, 81 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £145k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£43k£62k
31/05/2024£47k£75k
31/05/2023£57k£73k
31/05/2022£50k£53k
31/05/2021£195k£58k

Common questions

Is THE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £18,607 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £101,644 to £83,037. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and note that the current level of reserves allows them to meet the charity's objectives. The charity is not required to be audited under the small companies regime. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTH OF ENGLAND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY£43k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS FY2025£35.2m——unclear—no doubt
Association of Higher Education Professionals FY2025£761k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS FY2025£389k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS & THE ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS FY2025£108k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.