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ORBIS CHARITABLE TRUST
International NGO from the United Kingdom
Orbis Charitable Trust, known as Orbis UK is based in the UK and is an affiliate of Orbis International. Orbis International is a nonprofit global development organisation dedicated to saving sight and transforming lives. Our mission is to preserve and restore sight by strengthening the capacity of local institutions in their efforts to prevent and treat blindness.
- Active at least since
- 1997
- Income 2025
- £10M
- Public funds 2023
- 0%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register
Where the money comes from (2023)
Public funds 0% (£9,646) · Other income 100%
Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | £10M | £5.9M | – | 29 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2024-12-31 | £5.1M | £5.6M | – | 31 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2023-12-31 | £6.5M | £6.1M | 0% | 28 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2022-12-31 | £6.2M | £6M | 5% | 30 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2021-12-31 | £6M | £6.6M | 5% | 35 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCDO (United Kingdom) | €123,151 | €369,298 | €59,172 |
Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Countries with projects published on IATI
Ethiopia ↗ 1 · Nepal ↗ 1 · Zambia ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reducing visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error as a barrier to education for school-going children in Province 2 of Nepal | Nepal | 2019–2022 ongoing | $696,214 |
| Developing comprehensive eye health care services in rural regions of SNNPR, Southern Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 2018–2021 closed | $2M |
| Vision for Zambia | Zambia | 2016–2019 closed | $1.3M |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Countries declared
Bangladesh · Ethiopia · Ghana · India · Mongolia · Peru · Sierra Leone · United States · Vietnam · South Africa · Zambia
Official checks
- Public register
- Charity Commission — active registration
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
- Annual filings
- up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- Registered as a charity
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata