ABALON
ABALON Trust act as ambassadors for Eye health and healthcare, providing access to high-quality eye-checks and ongoing care for marginalised communities in the commonwealth and the UK. We aim to become a leading voice in advocating for access to health for homeless, asylum seekers and BAME groups. We achieve this through engagement and involvement with stakeholders, innovation, education and train
Objects
TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH IN AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BYA) THE PROVISION OF EYE CARE SERVICES TREATMENT, EQUIPMENT AND ADVICE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS IN COLLABORATION WITH EYE CARE SPECIALISTSB) RAISING AWARENESS OF BASIC EYE CARE AND EYE HEALTH IN ORDER TO PREVENT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR BLINDNESS DUE TO LACK OF BASIC INFORMATION
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity maintained a modest financial position with limited reserves, reporting a deficit of £4,868 for the year ended 30 April 2025. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3,717, while total funds were £4,723. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
“The charity's policy is to hold reserves to ensure it can meet essential running costs in the event of a temporary shortfall in income.” — page 22
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- 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
Trustees
- ADAM MAPANI
- Dr CHARLES PIERCE
- Paidamoyo Andrea Nyika
- Yetunde Obadeyi
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2025 | £39k | £44k |
| 30/04/2024 | £5k | £3k |
| 30/04/2023 | £5k | £4k |
| 30/04/2022 | £6k | £11k |
| 30/04/2021 | £16k | £10k |
Common questions
Is ABALON financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a modest financial position with limited reserves, reporting a deficit of £4,868 for the year ended 30 April 2025. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3,717, while total funds were £4,723. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.