Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Analysis

Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11k to £12k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beyond FGM (£12k), The Brookfield Park Shiers Family Trust (£12k) and Men in Sheds Lancing and Sompting (£12k).