# VISION ACTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1081695
- **Other names:** VISION AID OVERSEAS, VAO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 21, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1081695


## Contact

- **Address:** Vision Action, 27 Old Gloucester Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1N 3AX
- **Phone:** 0300 102 9622
- **Email:** info@visionaction.org.uk
- **Website:** www.visionaction.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF EYE HEALTH AND TREATMENT OF EYE DEFECTS AMONG POOR PERSONS OVERSEAS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPTOMETRIC AND OPTICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND OTHER RELATED FACILITIES

**Activities:** Vision Action aims to transform access to eyecare in developing countries. 670 million people worldwide are visually impaired because they do not have access to spectacles, due to the lack of eyecare services available in low income countries.Our work focuses on improving the lives of people marginalised by poor eyesight and is motivated by a belief that good vision should be a right for all

**Area of benefit:** OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, 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, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Sierra Leone
- Zambia
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £880069 | £946840 | £649088 | 25 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1038345 | £1301364 | £714375 | 33 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1608572 | £1512450 | £966374 | 34 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1397105 | £1061245 | £870252 | 35 |
| March 31, 2021 | £864383 | £1022404 | £539763 | 12 |



## Trustees

- Dr Ahalya Subramanian — appointed Feb. 2, 2022
- Dr Hannah Bassey Faal — appointed Sept. 22, 2018
- Emma Kate Thomas — appointed May 10, 2023
- Ian Kerr — appointed May 13, 2020
- Lucy Jane Soar — appointed May 10, 2023
- Thomas Edward Munday — appointed March 16, 2026
- Thomas Munday — appointed March 16, 2026
- Ving Fai Chan — appointed May 13, 2020
- Zoe Jane Gray — appointed Dec. 10, 2024