Visionary - Linking Local Sight Loss Charities

Analysis

Visionary - Linking Local Sight Loss Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edinburgh. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Visionary - Linking Local Sight Loss Charities reported income of £387k and spending of £344k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £359k to £387k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Visionary - Linking Local Sight Loss Charities sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Second Joseph Aaron Littman Foundation (£387k), Employers' Initiative on Domestic Abuse (£387k) and Children's HIV Association Limited (£387k).