The Benevolent Fund of the College of Optometrists & the Association of Optometrists

Registered charity 1216007 CIO Registered since 2025

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

7.3y median 8y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.4y

average years in governance

2 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 10General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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No commercial or business experience on the board
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Contact

Website	www.optomhelp.org
Email	admin@opticalbenfund.com
Phone	0115 671 2177
Address	2 Woodbridge Street, London, EC1R 0DG

Finances

No annual return history.

What it does

What

Disability

How

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Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO AFFORD ASSISTANCE BY APPLICATION OF THE INCOME OF THE FUND AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OR ANY:3.1.1 NECESSITOUS MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS (OF ANY CLASS) OF THE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS (OR FORMERLY OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS OR THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS) AND THEIR DEPENDANTS;3.1.2 FORMER MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH OPTICAL ASSOCIATION AND THEIR DEPENDANTS;3.1.3 MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS (OR FORMERLY THE ASSOCIATION OF OPTICAL PRACTITIONERS) AND THEIR DEPENDANTS;3.1.4 FELLOWS BY EXAMINATION OF THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF OPTICIANS OR THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SPECTACLE MAKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; OR3.1.5 OTHER MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE OPTOMETRY PROFESSION, OR OPHTHALMIC OPTICAL PROFESSION AS IT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS;3.1.6 UNDERGRADUATE OPTOMETRY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL3.1.7 OTHER OPTOMETRY STUDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT TO SUPPORT

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Dec 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees

0aged 70+

Aishah Patel since 2020
Alison Mcclune since 2016
Anuj Patel since 2023
Daniel Ehrlich since 2018
Francesca Marchetti since 2016
Gillian Anne Eyre since 2026
Keval Dattani since 2018
Richard Broughton since 2013
Tushar Majithia since 2021
Vivian Bush since 2016

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The Benevolent Fund of the College of Optometrists & the Association of Optometrists 8 shared trustees

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