Surrey Association for Visual Impairment

Analysis

Surrey Association for Visual Impairment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06309405). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Surrey Association for Visual Impairment reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.1m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £3.3m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Surrey Association for Visual Impairment sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Randal Charitable Foundation (£3.3m), Pennine Camphill Community (£3.3m) and Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 17%, investments 1.5% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £49k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 120 people.