BRINGING CLEAR VISION TO MILLIONS

This fast-growing eye-care charity seems to have had another successful year: together with its 257 partner charities, it treated nearly four million people in need of eye-care, and protected another 20 million against river blindness. It also continued its wider lobbying and education work including, in 2007, opening a new training centre in Gambia for community health workers. The informative annual report ticks most of our boxes, but should tell donors more about how the charity chooses its partners.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

What is this? 		73 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

What is this? 		Extra large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

What is this? 		£80k to £99k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

What is this? 		Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.
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Reviewed: 2009-03-12     Accounts ending: 2007-12-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • People in poor communities
  • Visually impaired people
  • People potentially by eye disease
  • People potentially affected by eye disease

Where

  • Asia
  • Africa
  • The Caribbean

Providing

  • Specialist eye care
  • Education & Training
  • Grants to other organizations
  • Lobbying government on preventable blindness
  • Research into eye care

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£64,861,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
88%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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