The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Registered charity 299872 Registered since 1988

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

13 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 5Other services 3Health and social care 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.6 in 2020

39 from 32 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rcophth.ac.uk
Phone03000302020
AddressROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, 18 Stephenson Way, LONDON, NW1 2HD

Finances

£7,870,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,137,000£4,750,000
2022£5,529,000£5,619,000
2023£6,210,000£6,679,000
2024£6,644,000£6,627,000
2025£7,870,000£7,381,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO (A) ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND PRACTISE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (B) EDUCATE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE SCIENCE AND PRACTISE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (C) MAINTAIN PROPER STANDARDS IN THE PRACTISE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (D) PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH (E) FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON AND TRAINING IN OPHTHALMOLOGY BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS (F) EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO VISION AND THE HEALTH OF THE HUMAN EYE

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 14/04/1988THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHAMOLOGISTS (CHARTER AMENDMENT) ORDER 01/05/1998SCHEME 01/05/1998AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 12 OCT 2016

Trustees (13)

13trustees
70median age
2aged 70+

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