Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
Sight Research UK
- 10 trustees
- Income £871k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Carol Margaret Elizabeth MayoChair · since 2020
- Antonia SeymourTrustee · since 2026
- Clive Ian HetheringtonTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Dolores ConroyTrustee · since 2019
- John Richard SwarbrickTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Barbara PierscionekTrustee · since 2026
- Professor John Greenwood PhDTrustee · since 2023
- Robert DrewettTrustee · since 2024
- Serena SalvatoreTrustee · since 2023
- Simon BowkerTrustee · since 2021
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.sightresearchuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£871k£694k
- 2024£803k£814k
- 2023£390k£356k
Earlier years
- 2022£826k£414k
- 2021£425k£611k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY FUNDING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASE AND BLINDNESS AND PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.
Grants received
9 grants · £117,500 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
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust · £50,000
- SHAREGIFT · £40,000
- The James Tudor Foundation · £25,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £2,500 (6 grants)
Most recent
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Carol Margaret Elizabeth Mayo Chair since 2020
- Antonia Seymour since 2026
- Clive Ian Hetherington since 2023
- Dr Dolores Conroy since 2019
- John Richard Swarbrick since 2023
- Professor Barbara Pierscionek since 2026
- Professor John Greenwood PhD since 2023
- Robert Drewett since 2024
- Serena Salvatore since 2023
- Simon Bowker since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Carol Margaret Elizabeth Mayo Chair since 2020
- Dr Dolores Conroy since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Carol Margaret Elizabeth Mayo Chair since 2020
- Antonia Seymour since 2026
- Clive Ian Hetherington since 2023
- Dr Dolores Conroy since 2019
- John Richard Swarbrick since 2023
- Professor Barbara Pierscionek since 2026
- Professor John Greenwood PhD since 2023
- Robert Drewett since 2024
- Serena Salvatore since 2023
- Simon Bowker since 2021
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
17.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 62.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156134
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 12 Mar 2014
- Contact on the register
- 0117 325 7757 · hello@sightresearchuk.org
- 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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