# ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 207544
- **Other names:** SIGHT SAVERS, SIGHTSAVERS, SIGHTSAVERS INTERNATIONAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=207544


## Contact

- **Address:** 35 PERRYMOUNT ROAD, HAYWARDS HEATH
- **Postcode:** RH16 3BW
- **Phone:** 01444446601
- **Email:** info@sightsavers.org
- **Website:** www.sightsavers.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF BLINDNESS AND THE EDUCATION ,REHABILITATION ,TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE BLIND IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AMONG ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH BLINDNESS AND ITS PREVENTION AND TO PROMOTE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKELY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS AND BENEFIT THE BLIND IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

**Activities:** Seventy five per cent of blindness in the world is either avoidable or treatable. Sightsavers works with partners in developing countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. Our work alleviates poverty among poor and marginalised communities and thus helps to realise the internationally accepted Millenium Development Goals.

**Area of benefit:** DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COMMONWEALTH




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, 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, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-bissau
- India
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £285809000 | £288464000 | £63749000 | 826 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £338159000 | £340501000 | £66267000 | 840 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £313352000 | £309174000 | £68698000 | 790 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £236775000 | £213622000 | £65417000 | 745 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £261221000 | £250405000 | £40737000 | 693 |



## Trustees

- **CLIVE JONES CBE** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 1, 2018
- ABIA AKRAM — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- Brian Morris Dawson — appointed July 10, 2025
- DAVID LOUIS TAYLOR — appointed Nov. 1, 2018
- Dr Henry Nkumbe — appointed Feb. 9, 2023
- Dr Margaret Gyapong — appointed Feb. 16, 2021
- Dr Subramanian Garimella — appointed April 25, 2023
- Elaine Lee — appointed May 4, 2016
- JOY HUTCHEON — appointed July 11, 2019
- MAVIS OWUSU-GYAMFI — appointed Nov. 1, 2017
- PROFESSOR Christopher John Whitty — appointed Nov. 1, 2017
- Pratik Vijaykumar Patel — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- Professor Tuwani Adel Rasengane — appointed Nov. 1, 2018
- William Kendall — appointed Jan. 23, 2017