# ORBIS CHARITABLE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061352
- **Other names:** ORBIS ORBIS UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03303689](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03303689)
- **Registered:** March 17, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1061352


## Contact

- **Address:** Orbis Charitable Trust, 41-42 Craven Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC2N 5NG
- **Phone:** 020 7608 7260
- **Email:** info@orbis.org.uk
- **Website:** www.orbis.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2       The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:2.1 The relief of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions and the prevention and cure of blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions by the provision of training, education and counselling;2.2 The  relief of sickness of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions by, but not limited to, the provision of healthcare services and medical treatment;2.3 The conduct of research into the causes and cure of blindness,  sight deficiencies and other medical conditions and the publication of the useful results of that research.

**Activities:** Orbis Charitable Trust, known as Orbis UK is based in the UK and is an affiliate of Orbis International. Orbis International is a nonprofit global development organisation dedicated to saving sight and transforming lives. Our mission is to preserve and restore sight by strengthening the capacity of local institutions in their efforts to prevent and treat blindness.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- Bangladesh
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- India
- Mongolia
- Peru
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- United States
- Vietnam
- Zambia





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Nick Fox** | Chair | Jan. 27, 2020 |
| Carys Sian Block |  | June 23, 2020 |
| Claire Louise Porter |  | Dec. 2, 2025 |
| Darsh Kirtikumar Shah |  | Dec. 6, 2022 |
| Diana Lynn Wheeler |  | Dec. 2, 2025 |
| FIONA HOBBS |  | Dec. 7, 2021 |
| John Desmond Ferris |  | March 28, 2023 |
| NIGHAT KHAN |  | Dec. 7, 2021 |
| SIR DOMINIC ASQUITH |  | Oct. 16, 2020 |
| Sheraz Mansoor Daya |  | March 28, 2023 |
| William James Glaister |  | Dec. 2, 2025 |
| YVETTE DUNNE |  | Dec. 13, 2017 |




