VISION CATALYST FUND

Registered charity 1190732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Vision Catalyst Fund will work with countries to strengthen health systems to provide vision to everyone, everywhere.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£687k

Latest spending

£588k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £98,903, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £16,687. The trustees confirm that these reserves, along with current income commitments, are sufficient for the present time while a formal reserves policy is being developed. The charity is in the process of preparing a formal reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“One employee received employee benefits between £70,000 and £79,999 (2024: Nil).” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received employee benefits between £70,000 and £79,999 (2024: Nil).” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 12434384

Funders the charity credits

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

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation — “Funding partners and supporters Conrad N. Hilton Foundation” (source page)
OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation — “Founding partners The Vision Catalyst Fund was created with the support of founding partners who recognised the need for a new way to financ…” (source page)
CBM Christian Blind Mission — “The partnership has been made possible by early Vanguard investment from CBM Christian Blind Mission, Cure Blindness Project and The Fred Ho…” (source page)
Cure Blindness Project — “The partnership has been made possible by early Vanguard investment from CBM Christian Blind Mission, Cure Blindness Project and The Fred Ho…” (source page)
The Fred Hollows Foundation — “The partnership has been made possible by early Vanguard investment from CBM Christian Blind Mission, Cure Blindness Project and The Fred Ho…” (source page)

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.

THOMPSON, Jessica — director, appointed 12/12/2025on trustee list
GOYAL, Ashish — director, appointed 09/09/2024on trustee list
BASTAWROUS, Andrew, Professor — director, appointed 24/08/2024on trustee list
KASSALOW, Jordan, Dr — director, appointed 01/11/2021on trustee list
KENNEDY, Alexander Matthew — director, appointed 05/10/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£0

Total spending

£588k

Reserves (reported)

£17k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Matthew Kennedy
Ashish Goyal
Dr Jordan Kassalow
Jessica Thompson
Professor Andrew Bastawrous

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

Operates in: Cambodia · Cameroon · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · India · Liberia · Nepal · Netherlands Antilles · Niger · Pakistan · Peru · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£687k	£588k
31/03/2024	£976k	£1.0m
31/03/2023	£220k	£263k
31/03/2022	£220k	£263k
31/03/2021	£202k	£152k

Common questions

Is VISION CATALYST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £98,903, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £16,687. The trustees confirm that these reserves, along with current income commitments, are sufficient for the present time while a formal reserves policy is being developed. The charity is in the process of preparing a formal reserves policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of VISION CATALYST FUND earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds VISION CATALYST FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VISION CATALYST FUND as a grant recipient include THE INDIGO TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2022	£75k	Core costs.

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
LUCILLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£175k
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	1	£75k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£75k
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION	1	£51k
T F C FROST CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£45k
MIVA FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIGHT RESEARCH UK.

SIGHT RESEARCH UK income £871k
VISIONARY - LINKING LOCAL SIGHT LOSS CHARITIES income £399k
LONDON CATALYST income £401k
CATALYST SUPPORT LIMITED income £5.2m
VISION ACTION income £880k
THE PEEK VISION FOUNDATION income £5.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VISION CATALYST FUND	£687k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
SIGHT RESEARCH UK FY2025	£871k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
VISIONARY - LINKING LOCAL SIGHT LOSS CHARITIES FY2025	£399k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
LONDON CATALYST FY2025	£401k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
CATALYST SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025	£5.2m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	below	—	no doubt
VISION ACTION FY2025	£880k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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