The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Macular Disease Society

Registered charity 1001198 Registered since 1990

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Professional services 4Business services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
incomespending£8.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.3 in 2020

95 from 63 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.macularsociety.org
Emailinfo@macularsociety.org
Phone01264 350551
AddressCrown Chambers, South Street, ANDOVER, Hampshire, SP10 2BN

Finances

£8,865,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£5,401,000£5,267,000
2021£7,762,000£6,059,000
2022£8,931,000£7,430,000
2024£10,245,000£11,436,000
2025£8,865,000£7,616,000

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MACULAR DISEASE AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH ON THE EYE AND BRAIN, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BLINDNESS AND VISUALLY DISABLING CONDITIONS AND TO DISSEMINATE RESULTS OF RESEARCH. 2.ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING MACULAR DISEASE, ITS CAUSES AND TREATMENT. 3.TO RAISE FUNDS TO ENABLE THE ABOVE TWO AIMS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 OCT 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 FEB 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 JAN 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 NOV 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 SEP 2017 as amended on 10 May 2022 as amended on 16 Sept 2023 as amended on 10 Dec 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Macular Disease Society · 02177039 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/10/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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