THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£8.8m
Grants listed (FY2024)
42
Listed grants total
£556k
Accounts grants total
£540k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.ulverscroft-foundation.org.uk · www.ulverscroft-foundation.org.uk/what-we-do · www.ulverscroft-foundation.org.uk/grants on 14/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (9 grantees)
  • Scotland (6 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (4 grantees)
  • Bath And North East Somerset (3 grantees)
  • Gloucestershire (3 grantees)
  • South Gloucestershire (3 grantees)
  • North Somerset (2 grantees)
  • Ireland (2 grantees)
  • Dorset (2 grantees)
  • Cornwall (2 grantees)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2024
newUniversity of Surrey—£68k
newRuharo Mission Hospital Eye Centre, Uganda—£40k
newUN ABPAM: Burkina Faso—£34k
newShare the Vision—£30k
newORBIS CHARITABLE TRUST—£25k
newUniversity of St. Andrews—£21k
newCoventry Resource Centre—£20k
newAndean Medical Mission - Bolivia—£20k
upREAD - THE READING AGENCY£35k£70k
not listedUniversity of Leicester£427k—
not listedSecond Sight: India£81k—
not listedLSH&TM Will Dean: South Africa£67k—
not listedClinique Ophthalmologique St Raphael: DR Congo£20k—
not listedBangladesh Protibandi Unnayan Sangstha (BPUS): Bangladesh£20k—
not listedTHE SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND£15k—
not listedVision Action: Zambia£14k—
not listedMOORVISION£10k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
The Reading AgencyFY2024£70kDevelopment of Reading Friends groups
University of SurreyFY2024£68kMulti-disciplinary research to create a full colour artificial retina
Ruharo Mission Hospital Eye Centre, UgandaFY2024£40kEquipment and training
UN ABPAM: Burkina FasoFY2024£34kEquipment and training in their school for young, visually impaired people
Share the VisionFY2024£30kStrategic support to the public library sector
Orbis Charitable TrustFY2024£25k
University of St. AndrewsFY2024£21k
Coventry Resource CentreFY2024£20k
Andean Medical Mission - BoliviaFY2024£20k
Malawi University of S. & T. - MalawiFY2024£20k
Right To Sight & Health - GhanaFY2024£20k
Tshemba Charitable FoundationFY2024£16k
Book For All Trust - IndiaFY2024£12k
My Sight YorkFY2024£10k
Embrace the Middle East — EgyptFY2024£10k
Microphthalmia Support (MACS)FY2024£10k
Lancashire Lions VI Sports ClubFY2024£5k
KACSU - KenyaFY2024£5k
Greenwich Leisure LtdFY2024£5k
The John Fawcett Foundation — BaliFY2024£5k
EthiopiAid — EthiopiaFY2024£5k
Greenwich Docklands FestivalFY2024£5k
Outlook Trust for Visually ImpairedFY2024£5k
Open Sight HampshireFY2024£5k
Life Cycle BristolFY2024£5k
British Limbless Assoc’n (BLESMA)FY2024£5k
Teeside & D. Society for the BlindFY2024£5k
Sutton VisionFY2024£5k
Nepal Leprosy TrustFY2024£5k
Vision of AdventureFY2024£5k
Vision NorthumberlandFY2024£5k
Be The BandFY2024£5k
VI TalkFY2024£5k
Choose NatureFY2024£5k
Royal Court Liverpool TrustFY2024£5k
Wirral C. Narrowboat TrustFY2024£5k
Ribble Valley Visually ImpairedFY2024£5k
Pleasance Theatre TrustFY2024£5k
Walthew HouseFY2024£5k
InterCare LimitedFY2024£5k
Leicester Visually Impaired BowlingFY2024£5k
Sightline Vision (NW) LimitedFY2024£5k
University of LeicesterFY2023£427kRetinoblastoma, nystagmus, and other conditions
Second Sight: IndiaFY2023£81kWork in India
LSH&TM Will Dean: South AfricaFY2023£67kDevelopment of simulation training in South Africa
The Reading AgencyFY2023£35kDevelopment of Reading Friends Groups
Clinique Ophthalmologique St Raphael: DR CongoFY2023£20k
Bangladesh Protibandi Unnayan Sangstha (BPUS): BangladeshFY2023£20kProject to improve self-development and employment opportunities for blind people in that country
Sheffield Royal Society for the BlindFY2023£15k
Vision Action: ZambiaFY2023£14k
MoorVisionFY2023£10k
Feed the Mind: UgandaFY2023£10k
Orchestra of the SwanFY2023£10k
Advantage Africa: UgandaFY2023£10k
CBM: ZimbabweFY2023£10k
Fife Society for the Blind trading as SeescapeFY2023£8k
Accrington & District Blind Society ELVINFY2023£5k
HenshawsFY2023£5k
Kent Association for the BlindFY2023£5k
Mondo Foundation: TanzaniaFY2023£5k
Sight Support West of EnglandFY2023£5k
St Vincent’s School for Sensory Impairment: InternationalFY2023£5k
Wirral Society of the Blind & Partially SightedFY2023£5k
Living Paintings TrustFY2023£4k
Blind in BusinessFY2023£3k
Time & TalentsFY2023£3k
Sight Loss ShropshireFY2023£3k
NABFY2023£3k
CAM Sight (Cambridge Society for the Blind & Partially Sighted)FY2023£3k
Bucks VisionFY2023£3k
Braille Chess AssociationFY2023£2k
Berkshire VisionFY2023£2k
Alive & Kicking: Kenya, Zambia & UKFY2023£2k
4 Sight Vision SupportFY2023£2k
Warwickshire Vision SupportFY2023£2k
Walsall Society for the BlindFY2023£2k
Middlesex Association for the BlindFY2023£2k
Inter Care: TanzaniaFY2023£2k
Happy DaysFY2023£2k
Living Options DevonFY2023£1k
Insight GloucestershireFY2023£1k
Ulverscroft Vision Research GroupFY2022£243kGrants approved in year
IMET 2000 – UgandaFY2022£73kGrants approved in year
Leicester Hospitals CharityFY2022£26kGrants approved in year
Ruharo Eye CentreFY2022£21kGrants approved in year
All Aboard WatersportsFY2022£18kGrants approved in year
World Child CancerFY2022£10kGrants approved in year
Andean Medical MissionFY2022£8kGrants approved in year
Medic to MedicFY2022£7kGrants approved in year
Sight for SurreyFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Bury Blind SocietyFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Galloways Society for the BlindFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Happy Days Children’s SocietyFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Chailey Heritage FoundationFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Mondo FoundationFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
KACSUFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
MACSFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
SenseFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
VocaliseFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Cotswold Vale Talking NewspaperFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Childhood Eye Cancer TrustFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Sight Advice South LakesFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Torch Trust for the BlindFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
Walthew HouseFY2022£5kGrants approved in year
4Sight Vision SupportFY2022£4kGrants approved in year
Deafblind ScotlandFY2022£4kGrants approved in year
Comprehensive Research Network adjustmentFY2022£4kGrants approved in year
Age UK WestminsterFY2022£3kGrants approved in year
Braille ITFY2022£2kGrants approved in year
North Wales Access. HolidaysFY2022£2kGrants approved in year
RAF AssociationFY2022£2kGrants approved in year
Sightline Vision NW LtdFY2022£2kGrants approved in year
OrbisFY2022£1kGrants approved in year
Ystragynlais Lib. Powys CC adjustmentFY2022£-1kGrants approved in year

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 556000 vs reference 540033 (3.0% 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.