EYES ON THE FUTURE

Registered charity 1198330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Eyes on the Future promotes health and advances education in relation to rare diseases, eye diseases and inherited retinal dystrophies, with a focus on understanding and developing treatments for RDH12 LCA.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £887,611, which significantly exceeds its stated reserve target of £30,000-£50,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to sustain core activities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13956181

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eyes on the Future (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Ulverscroft Foundation — “We are pleased to announce the receipt of £30,000 grant from the Ulverscroft Foundation, a UK based charity that supports the visually impai…” (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.

• RUSSELL, Sean Philip — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
• CALORI, Claudia — director, appointed 04/03/2022on trustee list
• CEROLINI, Silvia — director, appointed 04/03/2022on trustee list
• REVELLI, Francesca — director, appointed 04/03/2022on trustee list
• LAZZARINI, Francesca — secretary, appointed 25/05/2022

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~77.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 11.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Silvia Cerolinichair
• Claudia Calori
• Francesca Revelli
• Sean Philip Russell

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

Operates in: Belgium · Canada · China · France · Germany · India · Ireland · Italy · Japan · Netherlands · Spain · Switzerland

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• SIGHT RESEARCH UK income £871k
• EYEHOPE income £103k
• RETINA UK income £2.2m
• FIGHT AGAINST BLINDNESS - FAB income £176k
• THE FRIENDS OF MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL income £1.0m
• I.O.O. LIMITED income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

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