International Glaucoma Association Limited

Analysis

International Glaucoma Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 01293286). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, International Glaucoma Association Limited reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.5m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, International Glaucoma Association Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Igf Transatlantic Limited (£2.5m), The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson (£2.5m) and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, charitable activities 11% and investments 7.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.8m. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £814k. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.