The Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology

Analysis

The Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burton-On-Trent. It was registered in January 2005, 21 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 05001958). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology reported income of £43k and spending of £62k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £195k to £43k (-78%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Cambridge Trust Fund (£43k), It's My Life Trust (£43k) and I Am (£43k).

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.