ROPER-HALL EYE FOUNDATION CIO

Registered charity 1170780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RHEF

To promote education and research into the study of ophthalmology for the public benefit, primarily in Birmingham and the West Midlands, in particular but not exclusively by1. Supporting research into eye disease2. Enhancing education and training of eye care professionals 3. Supporting engagement with patients and the public

Objects

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE STUDY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) SUPPORTING WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH INTO SIGHT LOSS AND OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF EYE DISEASE; B) ENHANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN EYE CARE AND IN OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION; AND C) SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH PATIENTS AND THE PUBLIC TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EYE DISEASE AND SUPPORT EYE HEALTH.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,938,082, which the trustees confirm are in line with their stated policy of maintaining sufficient funds to cover costs and commitments. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to maintain ongoing work and expand services, supported by stable investment income and net assets increasing to £2,043,550.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Birmingham Community Lottery — “SUPPORT US ON BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY LOTTERY” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR PHILIP MURRAY FRCOphthchair
• Dr Graham Wallace
• Dr Lisa Jacqueline Page
• IMRAN MASOOD
• Max Jago Spurgeon
• SAAEHA RAUZ FRCOphth
• SUNIL SHAH FRCOphth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Soon CH'NG

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EYECARE TRUST.

• THE EYECARE TRUST income £83k
• CAMBRIDGE EYE TRUST income £96k
• MOORFIELDS EYE CHARITY income £22.2m
• EYES ON THE FUTURE income £231k
• THE MIDLAND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £62k
• THE NORTH OF ENGLAND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £40k

Side by side with its peers

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