The Yorkshire Retina Society

Analysis

The Yorkshire Retina Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2013, 13 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it sponsors or undertakes research, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Yorkshire Retina Society reported income of £27k and spending of £38k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,800 to £27k (+1378%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 465%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Yorkshire Retina Society sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devizes and District Phab Club (£27k), Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund (£27k) and Public Welfare Trust (£27k).