# BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 326905
- **Other names:** BRITISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 31, 1985
- **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=326905


## Contact

- **Address:** 3rd Floor, Interchange Place, 151-165 Edmund Street, Birmingham
- **Phone:** 01217285633
- **Email:** bios@orthoptics.org.uk
- **Website:** www.orthoptics.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ORTHOPTICS AND COGNATE SUBJECTS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND IMPROVE THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPTICS WITH A VIEW TO MAINTAINING AND RAISING STANDARDS IN CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORTHOPTICS

**Activities:** Support to the provision of the profession & clinical, medical & educational benefits of the practice of Orthoptics. This includes developemnt of professional standards to ensure quality of assessment & treatment & safety to members of the public, research & development of orthoptic techniques. Special interest groups lead on specfic areas of interest with common themes to gather evidence UK wide.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £773236 | £658834 | £1044626 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £357346 | £460132 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £492938 | £526848 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £717794 | £391772 | £599874 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £389912 | £266784 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Craig Murray** (Chair) — appointed July 1, 2023
- Claire McEntee — appointed Sept. 30, 2022
- Deborah Podmore — appointed Sept. 10, 2020
- Elizabeth Shilling — appointed July 11, 2024
- Helen Haggerty — appointed July 11, 2024
- Jennifer Skillen — appointed July 11, 2024
- Julie Dowdney — appointed Aug. 21, 2018
- Matthew Groogan — appointed July 11, 2024