Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Analysis

Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2016, 10 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration reported income of £122k and spending of £407k, spending 334% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £211k to £122k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lambert Charitable Trust (£122k), Turtle CYP (£122k) and North Yorkshire West Federation of Women's Institute (£122k).

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.