WORLD SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS

Registered charity 1144806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WSPOS

The Activities of the Charity includes advancing the education of healthcare professionals for the public benefit in all aspects of paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus by promoting information exchange, debate and research in all aspects of that subject and publishing the results.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS BY PROMOTING INFORMATION EXCHANGE, DEBATE AND RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of €226,898 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to €661,718. The trustees confirm that these reserves exceed the stated policy target of €500,000, providing sufficient funds to continue activities uninterrupted for at least two years. The directors are confident in the charity's ability to continue in operational existence, supported by growing industry support and available free reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by The Corporate Practice Limited. Discloses 5 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANITA NISCHAL
• Dr DAVID GRANET
• Dr KANWAL NISCHAL
• LISA GRANET

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

Operates in: India · Ireland · Israel · Netherlands · Poland · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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