Fight for Sight — grant history

Registered charity 1111438 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£7.4m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£3.8m

Accounts grants total

£3.8m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Applications for research funding are made by research teams based in the UK attached to recognised academic or medical institutions. Social change applications for the Digital Inclusion Fund must be made through an online portal hosted by BenefactorCloud.

Summarised from www.fightforsight.org.uk · www.fightforsight.org.uk/apply-for-funding/ · www.fightforsight.org.uk/apply-for-funding/research-funding/ on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Disability (22 grantees)
Education/training (16 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (11 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (7 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (4 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (4 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (4 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (3 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (3 grantees)
Amateur Sport (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (7 grantees)
Scotland (3 grantees)
Throughout London (3 grantees)
Throughout England (3 grantees)
Cardiff (2 grantees)
Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
Surrey (2 grantees)
Cornwall (1 grantee)
City Of Swansea (1 grantee)
Bridgend (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University College London	FY2025	£699k	Research grant
King’s College London	FY2025	£464k	Research grant
University of Liverpool	FY2025	£294k	Research grant
University of Edinburgh	FY2025	£284k	Research grant
Queen's University Belfast	FY2025	£250k	Research grant
Newcastle University	FY2025	£250k	Research grant
Imperial College London	FY2025	£250k	Research grant
Other - awards under £20k	FY2025	£197k	Mixed
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£135k	Research grant
University of Leicester	FY2025	£135k	Research grant
Durham University	FY2025	£126k	Research grant
Sutton Vision	FY2025	£75k	Social change grant
Sight for Surrey	FY2025	£75k	Social change grant
Blind in Business	FY2025	£75k	Social change grant
Retina UK	FY2025	£65k	Research grant
University of Oxford	FY2025	£40k	Research grant
Metro Blind Sport	FY2025	£30k	Social change grant
MoorVision	FY2025	£30k	Social change grant
University of Southampton	FY2025	£30k	Research grant
Royal Society For Blind Children	FY2025	£30k	Social change grant
Bloomsbury Football Foundation	FY2025	£30k	Social change grant
Usher Kids UK	FY2025	£29k	Social change grant
Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind	FY2025	£24k	Social change grant
Greater Glasgow Health Board	FY2025	£23k	Research grant
Living Paintings	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Look - UK	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Sense Ability Matters	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Sight Life	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Sound Without Sight	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Stargardts Connected	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Deafblind UK	FY2025	£20k	Social change grant
Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia & Coloboma Support	FY2024	£280k	Research grant
University College London	FY2024	£277k	Research grant
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust	FY2024	£275k	Research grant
St George’s, University of London	FY2024	£250k	Research grant
Sutton Vision	FY2024	£250k	Research grant
Fight Against Blindness	FY2024	£230k	Research grant
My Vision Oxfordshire	FY2024	£204k	Research grant
Royal Society For Blind Children	FY2024	£166k	Research grant
Ulster University	FY2024	£149k	Research grant
University of Leicester	FY2024	£145k	Research grant
Royal College of Ophthalmologists	FY2024	£143k	Research grant
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	FY2024	£135k	Research grant
Northumbria University	FY2024	£64k	Research grant
Camden Disability Action	FY2024	£44k	Research grant
Henshaw’s Society For Blind People	FY2024	£40k	Research grant
University of Southampton	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Beacon Vision	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Blindaid	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Cardiff University	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Extant	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Greater Glasgow Health Board	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Metro Blind Sport	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Middlesex Association For The Blind	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Retina UK	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
University of Birmingham	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
University of Liverpool	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
University of Manchester	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
University of Oxford	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Wales Council Of The Blind	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Walsall Society For The Blind	FY2024	£30k	Research grant
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital	FY2024	£29k	Research grant
University of Bristol	FY2024	£28k	Research grant
University of Leeds	FY2024	£27k	Research grant
Look - UK	FY2024	£25k	Research grant
King’s College London	FY2024	£24k	Research grant
Beacon Centre for the Blind	FY2024	£20k	Domestic Violence and Abuse grant
BlindAid	FY2024	£20k	Domestic Violence and Abuse grant
Refuge	FY2024	£20k	Domestic Violence and Abuse grant
Extant	FY2024	£20k	Domestic Violence and Abuse grant
Blind in Business	FY2024	£20k	Employment grant
RNIB	FY2024	£20k	Employment grant
Middlesex Association for the Blind	FY2024	£20k	Employment grant
Polka Theatre	FY2024	£20k	Opening London Up grant
Extant	FY2024	£20k	Opening London Up grant
Jamie’s Farm	FY2024	£20k	Community grant
LOOK UK	FY2024	£20k	Community grant
Natural England	FY2024	£20k	Community grant
Anglia Ruskin University	FY2024	£20k	Research grant
Usher Kids UK	FY2024	£20k	Resilience grant
Nystagmus Network	FY2024	£20k	Resilience grant
LOOK UK	FY2024	£20k	Resilience grant
University College London	FY2023	£250k	Professor Patric Turowski: Multi-morbidity
Cardiff University	FY2023	£249k	Professor Marcela Votruba: Inherited eye diseases
University College London	FY2023	£248k	Dr Lola Solebo: Multi-morbidity
University of Leeds	FY2023	£247k	Professor Colin Johnson: Inherited eye diseases
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology	FY2023	£215k	Professor Omar Mahroo: Inherited eye diseases
University of Manchester	FY2023	£110k	Dr Nina Milosavljevic: Inherited eye diseases
Ulster University	FY2023	£110k	Professor Colin Willoughby: Glaucoma
University of Leicester	FY2023	£110k	Professor Rupert Bourne: Sight loss linked to other conditions
University of Oxford	FY2023	£110k	Dr Jasmina Kapetanovic: Inherited eye diseases
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology	FY2023	£100k	Dr Siyin Liu: Inherited eye diseases
University of Liverpool	FY2023	£100k	Dr Keri McLean: Sight loss linked to other conditions
John Radcliffe Hospital	FY2023	£91k	Professor Susan Downes: Sight loss linked to other conditions
UKIRD Consortium	FY2023	£60k	Inherited eye diseases
Unspecified	FY2023	£58k	Cost of living uplift awarded to 18 PhD students
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	FY2023	£25k	Dr Tasanee Braithwaite: Multi-morbidity
King's College London	FY2023	£24k	Dr Samad Ansari: Glaucoma
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust	FY2023	£15k	Dr Lola Solebo: Glaucoma
Imperial College London	FY2023	£15k	Dr Ester Reina-Torres: Glaucoma
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)	FY2023	£15k	Dr James Whiteford: Age-related macular degeneration
Cardiff University	FY2023	£15k	Dr Julie Albon: Glaucoma
City, University London	FY2023	£15k	Dr Tamsin Callaghan: Sight loss linked to other conditions
University of Manchester	FY2023	£15k	Dr Mervyn Thomas: Inherited eye diseases
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology	FY2023	£15k	Dr Matteo Rizzi: Age-related macular degeneration
Cardiff University	FY2023	£15k	Dr Mahesh Joshi: Sight loss linked to other conditions
University College London	FY2023	£15k	Dr Sergio Bertazzo: Age-related macular degeneration
University of Plymouth	FY2023	£13k	Unspecified
University of Liverpool	FY2023	£12k	Dr Lauren Hepworth: Multi-morbidity
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL	FY2022	£600k	Inherited eye conditions
UCL INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY	FY2022	£465k	Inherited eye conditions/Other
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE	FY2022	£262k	Inherited eye conditions/Sight loss linked to other conditions
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY	FY2022	£247k	Glaucoma
BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL	FY2022	£245k	Inherited eye conditions
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH	FY2022	£244k	Inherited eye conditions
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON	FY2022	£117k	Glaucoma
UCL	FY2022	£99k	Multi-morbidity
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS	FY2022	£95k	Sight loss linked to other conditions
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER	FY2022	£52k	Inherited eye conditions/Age-related macular degeneration
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST	FY2022	£27k	Multi-morbidity/Sight loss linked to other conditions
ULSTER UNIVERSITY	FY2022	£26k	Glaucoma
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM	FY2022	£22k	Sight loss linked to other conditions
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD	FY2022	£15k	Inherited eye conditions
LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY	FY2022	£15k	Age-related macular degeneration
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM	FY2022	£10k	Multi-morbidity
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD	FY2022	£9k	Inherited eye conditions
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL	FY2022	£5k	Multi-morbidity
ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	FY2022	£3k	Glaucoma
ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY	FY2022	£2k	Sight loss linked to other conditions

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 3780000 vs reference 3824000 (1.2% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.