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Infocus Charity

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1058937ExeterHealth and saving lives
Income£10.6m2025-08-31
Spending£10.7msame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1996Charitable company
Employees266latest return

Analysis

Infocus Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06938379). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Infocus Charity reported income of £10.6m and spending of £10.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7.8m to £10.6m (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Infocus Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincs Inspire Limited (£10.6m), St Richards Hospice Foundation (£10.6m) and Signhealth (£10.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 4.9% and trading 4.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £449k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 266 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£2.7m£5.4m£8.0m£10.7m2021 Income: £7,753,5962021 Spending: £7,939,77020212022 Income: £8,334,9492022 Spending: £7,964,80320222023 Income: £9,113,2892023 Spending: £9,222,05920232024 Income: £9,785,3822024 Spending: £10,104,43920242025 Income: £10,601,2842025 Spending: £10,720,8702025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.6%
  • Legacies 4.2%
  • Charitable activities 89%
  • Trading 4.1%
  • Investments 0.6%
  • Other 1.5%

In the charity's own words

The relief of persons with a visual impairment (VI) by; - supporting the education and training of persons with VI by such means as the Trustees think fit, including (but not limited to) the provision of a school(s) and further education college(s)- providing care for persons with VI and support for them to live independently within the community- supporting the employment of persons with VI

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CharityLocationIncome
Lincs Inspire LimitedGrimsby£10.6m
St Richards Hospice FoundationWorcester£10.6m
SignhealthLondon£10.6m
Oasis Care and Training Agency (Octa)London£10.6m