01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051191
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- G77 6RT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Sight Relief is a Scottish charity established to provide sight-saving eye care to underprivileged communities in developing countries, with a focus on Pakistan, where 26 million people are blind or visually impaired and the vast majority of cases are curable or preventable. We deliver free eye screening camps in remote and rural areas, dispensing spectacles, facilitating cataract surgery, and training local health workers. We follow a four-phase model: from emergency outreach camps, through community capacity building and formal clinical training, to establishing permanent eye care infrastructure embedded within government health systems. In 2024–25 we launched the Haripur Primary Eye Care Integration Pilot in partnership with the District Health Office and University of St Andrews — a WHO-aligned model training Lady Health Workers and Medical Officers to deliver sustainable, ongoing eye care long after our teams leave.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To provide sight saving eye care to the underprivileged, in particular children and women, with a focus in 3rd world countries. 4.2 To decrease and control preventable blindness by providing eye care screening to those who have no access or means to services 4.3 To provide free or heavily subsidised eye related surgery, medical treatment and/or spectacles 4.4 Raise awareness of general eye care and develop local screening capabilities by providing training, funding, and support to grassroots community projects and local government 4.5 Provide financial or other support, as appropriate, to those severely impacted by financial challenges
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £28,865 | £25,078 | 3 | 17 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £34,618 | £10,049 | 3 | 21 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £13,186 | £5,120 | 3 | 24 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £16,201 | £9,851 | 3 | 9 May 2023 |
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
- Marlin Lodge, 357 Ayr Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.sight-relief.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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