The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Second Sight

Registered charity 1080445 Registered since 2000

Operates: India

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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.

6 trustees on the board

20.8y median 26y
average tenure
26y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£419k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.secondsight.org.uk
Emaillucymathen@yahoo.com
Phone02073591315
Address8 BATTLEDEAN ROAD, LONDON, N5 1UZ

Finances

£388,362 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£454,798£572,208
2023£279,118£386,091
2024£416,075£313,858
2025£419,133£383,708
2026£388,362£412,122

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human Resources

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS)FOR THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN INDIA WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF VISITING SURGEONS TO CARRY OUT CATARACT SURGERY TO WORK ALONGSIDE INDIAN BASED OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING, SUPPORT AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR INDIAN BASED OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND BY PROVIDING AND ASSESSING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS AT HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND ELSEWHERE, WHICH MAY BE OF USE IN THE TREATMENT OF THOSE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17TH FEBRUARY 2000 AND AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 17TH APRIL 2000

Trustees (6)

6trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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