Cambridge Eye Trust

Analysis

Cambridge Eye Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 1973, 53 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Cambridge Eye Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £137k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £55k to £96k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 122%. 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, Cambridge Eye Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parents of Children with Additional Needs (£96k), International Journal of Experimental Pathology (£96k) and Community Lions Foundation (£96k).