OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists

ActiveCharity number SC045652
Registered29 May 2015
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045652
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
39
Postcode
NW1 2HD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) advance the science and practice of ophthalmology. (b) educate medical practitioners in the science and practice of ophthalmology. (c) maintain proper standards in the practice of ophthalmology for the benefit of the public. (d) promote study and research in ophthalmology and related subjects and publish the useful results of such study and research. (e) further instruction 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

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£7,870,000£0£0£0£0£0£7,381,000£0£0£039Not supplied
31 December 2024£6,644,000£0£0£0£0£0£6,627,000£0£0£0393 August 2026
31 December 2023£6,210,000£0£0£0£0£0£6,679,000£0£0£0393 August 2026
31 December 2022£5,529,000£0£0£0£0£0£5,619,000£0£0£03918 July 2023
31 December 2021£5,137,000£0£0£0£0£0£4,750,000£0£0£03922 April 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
18 Stephenson Way , London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.rcophth.ac.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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