European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Limited

Analysis

European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03153785). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Limited reported income of £18.5m and spending of £16.9m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6.7m to £18.5m (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Dorothy House (£18.3m), Al Basar International Foundation (£18.6m) and The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (£18.3m).