INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Registered charity 274681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION IGA, Glaucoma UK, I G A · also registered in Scotland as SC041550 (OSCR)
Our objectives are to help prevent glaucoma blindness and support people living with glaucoma. We:Provide information, advice and support through a telephone helpline and online forum.Publish a wide range of booklets and leaflets and distribute regular newsletters.Fund glaucoma researchRun support groups, conferences & awareness raising activities for patients and professionals.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Glaucoma UK ended the financial year in a robust position with total funds of £8,832,445 and a net income surplus of £64,485. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £3,360,766 comfortably exceed the stated policy target of 12 months' operating costs (£2,051,635). The charity maintains adequate cash reserves and investment assets to meet its obligations and continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“Only one member of key management personnel earned £80,000 or more in the year.” — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 12 months' operating costs (held: £3.4m)
“the Board has reaffirmed its policy of holding cash reserves equivalent to at least 12 months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Glaucoma UK (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- JONES, Trevor William — director, appointed 12/03/2026on trustee list
- KIRWAN, James Francis, Dr — director, appointed 12/03/2026on trustee list
- SUNDARESAN, Prabhakar — director, appointed 22/06/2022on trustee list
- FENERTY, Cecilia Helen, Dr — director, appointed 11/03/2022on trustee list
- HUNTON, Christopher John — director, appointed 11/03/2022on trustee list
- SANDERS, Roshini, Dr — director, appointed 11/03/2022on trustee list
- NOLAN, Winifred Patricia, Dr — director, appointed 24/02/2021on trustee list
- BORSUK, Teresa Anna — director, appointed 16/09/2020on trustee list
- CROSBY-NWAOBI, Roxanne, Dr — director, appointed 15/03/2019on trustee list
- PARKINS, Susan Lorna, Dr — director, appointed 23/03/2018on trustee list
- SPENDIFF, Raymond Victor — director, appointed 04/03/2016on trustee list
- EPSTEIN, Stephen Jay — director, appointed 13/03/2015on trustee list
- CREIGHTON, Joanne — secretary, appointed 31/10/2022
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£232k
Reported reserves equal ~14.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Christopher John Hunton · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Cecilia Helen Fenerty
- Dr James Francis Kirwan
- Dr Roshini Sanders
- Dr Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi
- Dr Susan Parkins
- Dr Winifred Nolan
- Prabhakar Sundaresan
- Raymond Spendiff
- Stephen Jay Epstein
- Teresa Borsuk
- Trevor William Jones
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Glaucoma UK ended the financial year in a robust position with total funds of £8,832,445 and a net income surplus of £64,485. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £3,360,766 comfortably exceed the stated policy target of 12 months' operating costs (£2,051,635). The charity maintains adequate cash reserves and investment assets to meet its obligations and continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE WYSELIOT ROSE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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