01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 1 June 2020
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11971279
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £15,750
- Latest expenditure
- £21,194
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 1 Royston Drive, Wimborne, BH21 1HL
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.cataractsarecurable.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity's activities are encapsulated in the Charitable Objects below. What we do is simple: we raise money and fund cataract operations in The Gambia. We also procure equipment and donate it to the National Eye Health Programme. See our website for much more detail: www.cataractsarecurable.org (this is not a link).
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £15,750
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,194
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 April 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 April 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £26,257
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,719
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £18,856
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,490
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £21,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,639
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 April 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £24,751
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,036
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 26 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £15,750
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,194
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 22 April 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £26,257
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,719
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £18,856
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,490
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 5 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £21,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,639
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 12 April 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £24,751
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,036
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- The Gambia
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CATARACTS ARE CURABLE - THE GAMBIAN PROJECT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2020-06-01T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 APR 2019NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 MAR 2020
- Charitable Objects
- TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE POOR OF THE GAMBIA BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: (1) THE FUNDING OF OPERATIONS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE CATARACTS. (2) THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT FOR OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 629882
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE CATARACTS ARE CURABLE - THE GAMBIAN PROJECT
- Charity Name Id
- 626976
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- CATARACTS ARE CURABLE
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests