Retina UK

Registered charity 1153851 CIO Registered since 2013

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.8y median 4y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.3y

average years in governance

10 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Economic/community Development/employment 11General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

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The R E D Trust 1 shared trustee
T F C Frost Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.RetinaUK.org.uk
Email	info@RetinaUK.org.uk
Phone	01280821334
Address	PO Box 350, Buckingham, MK18 1GZ

Finances

£2,170,849 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,128,494	£1,318,767
2021	£1,239,135	£887,016
2022	£1,562,632	£1,535,942
2023	£1,287,014	£1,793,801
2024	£2,170,849	£1,656,344

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

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

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 18 SEP 2013AMENDED ON 19 JUN 2018

Trustees (12)

12trustees

74median age

1aged 70+

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 Evansage 74 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

Connected charities (2)

T F C Frost Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The R E D Trust 1 shared trustee

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