OSCR Scottish charity profile

Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

Known as Sightsavers

ActiveCharity number SC038110
Registered3 May 2007
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038110
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Overseas only
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
857
Postcode
RH16 3BW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

' To take or promote measures for the prevention and cure of blindness in the countries and territories specified under article 4 of this our charter and for the education, rehabilitation, training and employment of the blind in those countries and territories and ' To foster collaboration among organisations concerned with blindness and its prevention and to promote and where appropriate, to participate in national, regional and international activities likely to prevent blindness and benefit the blind in any part of the world.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£283,836,000£288,392,00085714 August 2026
31 December 2024£285,809,000£288,464,00085711 August 2025
31 December 2023£338,159,000£340,50185710 September 2024
31 December 2022£313,352,000£309,174,00085718 August 2023
31 December 2021£236,775,000£213,622,0008571 September 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
35 Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Website supplied to OSCR
www.sightsavers.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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