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ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Sightsavers

International non-governmental organisation

Seventy five per cent of blindness in the world is either avoidable or treatable. Sightsavers works with partners in developing countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. Our work alleviates poverty among poor and marginalised communities and thus helps to realise the internationally accepted Millenium Development Goals.

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Founded

1950

Income 2025

£283.8M

Public funds 2025

5%

Accounts

Income Expenditure

Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register

Where the money comes from (2025)

Public funds 5% (£13.6M) · Other income 95%

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.

Public funds from donor governments

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

India ↗ 191 · Nigeria ↗ 104 · Kenya ↗ 59 · Tanzania ↗ 54 · Pakistan ↗ 47 · Malawi ↗ 46 · Uganda ↗ 40 · Cameroon ↗ 39 · Sierra Leone ↗ 38 · Bangladesh ↗ 37 · Zambia ↗ 37 · Senegal ↗ 34 · Liberia ↗ 27 · Ghana ↗ 26 · Mozambique ↗ 25 · Guinea ↗ 17 · Mali ↗ 17 · Zimbabwe ↗ 17 · Guinea-Bissau ↗ 14 · Benin ↗ 12 · Congo - Kinshasa ↗ 12 · Côte d’Ivoire ↗ 12 · Chad ↗ 12 · Burkina Faso ↗ 11 · Gambia ↗ 11 · Sri Lanka ↗ 10 · Sudan ↗ 9 · Antigua & Barbuda ↗ 6 · Ethiopia ↗ 6 · South Sudan ↗ 6 · Niger ↗ 4 · Togo ↗ 4 · Congo - Brazzaville ↗ 3 · Central African Republic ↗ 2 · United Kingdom ↗ 2 · Belize ↗ 1 · Egypt ↗ 1 · Guyana ↗ 1 · Haiti ↗ 1 · Jamaica ↗ 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)

Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.

All projects on d-portal ↗

Countries declared

Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Benin · Congo - Kinshasa · Congo - Brazzaville · Côte d’Ivoire · Cameroon · Ethiopia · Ghana · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · India · Kenya · Sri Lanka · Liberia · Mali · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria · Pakistan · Sudan · Sierra Leone · Senegal · South Sudan · Chad · Togo · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

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

1. 1950 Founded
2. 1962-09-22 Registered as a charity
3. 2013-03-22 First publication on IATI

Identifiers

Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata