Optical Seva

Analysis

Optical Seva is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hatchend. It was registered in July 2001, 25 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. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Optical Seva reported income of £18k and spending of £38k, spending 209% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £30k to £18k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Optical Seva sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flash & Longnor Community First Responders (£18k), Rama Foundation (£18k) and The Kim Caudle Charitable Trust (£18k).

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.