UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGEONS

Registered charity 1191256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

UKISCRS promote education & research in the field of cataract & refractive surgery. We advance & promote the practice of ophthalmology and research. We promote experimental work & training in the field of cataract surgery, lens implantation, refractive surgery and the dissemination of results thereof. We communicate with its' members and wider ophthalmic community.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY CARE OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CATARACT SURGERY AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY THROUGH PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE;B) PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATING TO CATARACT SURGERY AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY AND ALLIED FIELDS BY PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR PRESENTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH AND BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR SUCH RESEARCH;C) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF CATARACT SURGERY AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY AND ALLIED FIELDS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £248,650, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £170,000. The charity reported a net income of £63,101 for the year, with total funds carried forward rising from £185,549 to £248,650.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Milind Pande
• Paul Henry Rosen
• Professor PHILIP Anthony BLOOM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGEONS LIMITED.

• EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGEONS LIMITED income £19.2m
• THE RIDLEY FOUNDATION income £318k
• BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY income £773k
• THE BRITISH AND IRISH PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS ASSOCIATION income £195k
• FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY OF RETINA SPECIALISTS income £2.7m
• RETINA UK income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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