The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

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

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

7.3y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (8)

0
company-linked trustees

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

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

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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.

Related organisations

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.optomhelp.org
Emailadmin@opticalbenfund.com
Phone0115 671 2177
Address2 Woodbridge Street, London, EC1R 0DG

Finances

No annual return history.

What it does

What

Disability

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other Finance

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+

Connected charities (1)

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