CAMBRIDGE EYE TRUST

Registered charity 265140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM, THE CAMBRIDGE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM

The charity supports scientific research and education in ophthalmological medicine, principally by arranging an annual residential symposium and supporting university and hospital staff and funding instrument and other costs for research.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:(1) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE CAMBRIDGE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM (TO BE HELD PERIODICALLY AND OPEN TO SPECIALISTS OR STUDENTS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY OR RELATED SCIENCES), FOR THE STUDY, DISCUSSION AND READING OF PAPERS ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND ALL ALLIED SUBJECTS: INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF LECTURERS AND OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THE SYMPOSIUM AND THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS; AND(2) SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF LECTURERS AND RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD OF OPHTHALMOLOGY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 the charity reported a deficit of £40,436 on charitable activities for the year, offset by a net investment gain of £117,903, resulting in a net income increase. Per the trustees' report, total net assets stood at £1,963,000, with the majority held in listed investments, providing a substantial reserve base.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge Eye Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brinda Muthusamy
• Cornelius Rene
• David Chuen Soong Wong
• Douglas Newman
• Erika Marie Damato
• John Andrew Hughdeburg Sharp · trustee of 1 other charity
• Liam Andrew Sullivan
• MR N J SARKIES
• Professor Michael Richard Edward Proctor FRS

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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