ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL GROUP

Registered charity 1139527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. JOHN EYE HOSPITAL, THE ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL GROUP

St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group is the main provider of eye care in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. It is a renowned teaching hospital with medical and nursing training programmes. Research and development are also part of the hospitals' activities.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY PROVIDING EYE CARE FACILITIES AT THE ST. JOHN EYE HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM AND AT SUCH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ELSEWHERE AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT AND THE MEDICAL AND NURSING EDUCATION AND MEDICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CONNECTED THEREWITH;(B) THE SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD;(C) THE CARRYING ON OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: JERUSALEM

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1.6m before investment gains, with total incoming resources of £14m and resources expended of £12.4m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £27.5m, of which £13.2m was available to meet operating needs, against a policy target of 18 months' running costs (£20.6m).

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• St John Eye Hospital Screening Program Helps Save Sight of Thousands wrmea.org · 12/11/2013

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Fred Hollows Foundation — “Fred Hollows Foundation (West Bank) This project focuses on expanding access to eye care services across Jerusalem, Kufr Aqab, and Hebron. A…” (source page)
• Qatar Fund for Development — “Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) This partnership supports the delivery of sight-saving surgeries across multiple locations, helping to exp…” (source page)
• Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development — “Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development This project focuses on the renovation of the Nablus Hospital and the purchase of essential eq…” (source page)
• Christian Broadcasting Network — “Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) CBN provides vital support to our Patient Relief Fund, enabling life-changing surgeries for underprivil…” (source page)

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~30.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Cashchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Avinderjit Bhatia · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Hoult · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Pyott · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Verity · trustee of 2 other charities
• Helen Elizabeth Winterton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Forsyth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ismat Levin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joachim Von Einem · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Macaskill · trustee of 2 other charities
• Paul Hackwood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert James Ingham Clark · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy William Jones · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Occupied Palestinian Territories

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL.

• ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL income £4.8m
• THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM (THE ORDER OF ST JOHN) income £2.5m
• THE PRIORY FOR WALES OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM income £8.1m
• THE PRIORY OF ENGLAND AND THE ISLANDS OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM income £98.8m
• THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM income £208k
• THE FRIENDS OF THE SPAFFORD CHILDREN'S CENTER OF JERUSALEM income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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