Registered charity (CIO) · Buckingham
Retina UK
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ashley GristTrustee · since 2022
- Colin McarthurTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Elizabeth Mary BuckinghamTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Martin KirkupTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Samuel Nathan GodfreyTrustee · since 2026
- Kathleen EvansTrustee · since 2024
- Lucy WithingtonTrustee · since 2015
- Professor John Marshall MBE BSCTrustee · since 2013
- Robert William HalliwellTrustee · since 2026
- Roger Charles Francis BackhouseTrustee · since 2013
- Simon KeightleyTrustee · since 2022
- Vanessa ForsterTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.RetinaUK.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2.2m£1.7m
- 2023£1.3m£1.8m
- 2022£1.6m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.2m£887k
- 2020£2.1m£1.3m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ALL FORMS OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA, ITS SYNDROMES AND SIMILAR HEREDITARY RETINAL DYSTROPHIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PURSUING MEASURES TOWARDS FINDING THE CAUSE, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA, ITS SYNDROMES AND SIMILAR HEREDITARY RETINAL DYSTROPHIES AND PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH THESE CONDITIONS.
Grants received
12 grants · £170,610 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £116,500 (4 grants)
- Tedworth Charitable Trust · £22,000 (4 grants)
- Fight for Sight · £15,110
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- SHAREGIFT · £7,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Ashley Grist since 2022
- Colin Mcarthur since 2024
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Buckingham since 2014
- Dr Martin Kirkup since 2021
- Dr Samuel Nathan Godfrey since 2026
- Kathleen Evans since 2024
- Lucy Withington since 2015
- Professor John Marshall MBE BSC since 2013
- Roger Charles Francis Backhouse since 2013
- Robert William Halliwell since 2026
- Simon Keightley since 2022
- Vanessa Forster since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Buckingham since 2014
- Lucy Withington since 2015
- Professor John Marshall MBE BSC since 2013
- Roger Charles Francis Backhouse since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Ashley Grist since 2022
- Colin Mcarthur since 2024
- Dr Martin Kirkup since 2021
- Dr Samuel Nathan Godfrey since 2026
- Kathleen Evans since 2024
- Lucy Withington since 2015
- Roger Charles Francis Backhouse since 2013
- Robert William Halliwell since 2026
- Simon Keightley since 2022
- Vanessa Forster since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Buckingham since 2014
- Professor John Marshall MBE BSC since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153851
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 18 SEP 2013AMENDED ON 19 JUN 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01280821334 · info@RetinaUK.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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