VISION CARE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE

Registered charity 1118076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC053215 (OSCR)

VCHP provide free eyecare services to homeless and other vulnerable people in UK in an accessible and friendly environment in which they feel safe, welcome and comfortable. We aim to preserve, protect and promote the ocular health of homeless and other vulnerable people in the UK and include the provision of spectacles that meets their immediate visual needs.

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Latest income

£469k

Latest spending

£413k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by approximately 76% to £469,048, while total expenditure rose by 57% to £413,117, resulting in a net income surplus of £55,931. Per the trustees' report, the charity is operating as a going concern with strengthened financial resilience, although it currently falls below its historic reserves policy target while a new policy is being reviewed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £158k; policy: nine to twelve months of charitable expenditure)

“At present, however, the charity is not meeting its existing reserves policy, which reflects the organisation’s historic operating scale.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05309978

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vision Care for Homeless People (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

PLUCKNETT, Anna Frances — director, appointed 10/07/2026on trustee list
WHATHAM, Mark James — director, appointed 10/07/2026on trustee list
LAWE, Sean — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
OLIVER, David — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
CHAPMAN-HATCHETT, Paul William — director, appointed 17/09/2024on trustee list
SYME, Gillian Louise Fleming — director, appointed 13/02/2024on trustee list
LOW, Emma — director, appointed 20/07/2021on trustee list
PAUL, Harinder Singh — director, appointed 10/12/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

ELAINE STYLESchair
Anna Frances Plucknett
David Oliver
Emma Low
Gillian Syme
Harinder Paul
Mark James Whatham
Paul Chapman-Hatchett
Sean Lawe

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Brighton And Hove · Bristol City · Devon · Gloucestershire · Leeds City · Manchester City · Scotland · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£469k	£413k
31/03/2024	£266k	£263k
31/03/2023	£152k	£161k
31/03/2022	£107k	£113k
31/03/2021	£105k	£95k

Common questions

Is VISION CARE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by approximately 76% to £469,048, while total expenditure rose by 57% to £413,117, resulting in a net income surplus of £55,931. Per the trustees' report, the charity is operating as a going concern with strengthened financial resilience, although it currently falls below its historic reserves policy target while a new policy is being reviewed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds VISION CARE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VISION CARE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£5k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£5k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£4k	Trustee Nomination
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Compassionate Support
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Compassionate Support
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Compassionate Support

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/04/2026	£18k	Vision Care for Homeless People - Edinburgh Clinic
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/08/2025	£20k	Vision Care for Homeless People - South West England Clinics
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2025	£14k	Vision Care for Homeless People - Cardiff Clinic
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/10/2024	£11k	Vision Care for Homeless People - Edinburgh Clinic
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/02/2024	£20k	Management of operational and clinical compliance of opticians for homeless
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/09/2022	£10k	Opticians for Refugees and Homeless in Stratford London
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/01/2020	£10k	Opticians for Homeless and Refugees in Stratford, London
City Bridge Foundation	20/03/2017	£37k	Grant to Vision Care for Homeless People

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, COLCHESTER	1	£106k
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	1	£75k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY WITH ST. PETER & ST. JUDE, WEST BROMPTON	1	£65k
COLCHESTER CATALYST CHARITY	1	£36k
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST	1	£27k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£20k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARD'S, LEXDEN	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VISION ACTION.

VISION ACTION income £880k
VINCHEL FOUNDATION income £167k
PATHWAYS: CHESTERFIELD DAY CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS income £422k
FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED income £1.3m
VISION ENHANCEMENT SERVICES income £5.8m
VISION HOMES ASSOCIATION income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VISION CARE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE	£469k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
VISION ACTION FY2025	£880k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VINCHEL FOUNDATION FY2025	£167k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PATHWAYS: CHESTERFIELD DAY CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS FY2025	£422k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VISION ENHANCEMENT SERVICES FY2025	£5.8m	—	—	within	—	noted

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