Read Sight Research UK’s Charity Report 2024-2025
We’re one of the nation’s leading eye research charities, dedicated to saving sight through pioneering research. In this extra special edition of our Charity Report, we’re celebrating a very significant milestone in our history.
As of 2026, Sight Research UK has delivered 40 years of visionary science. We have transformed the landscape of eye care, putting patients and progress at the heart of everything we do.
So in consideration of how far we’ve come, this edition honours the legacy of the past four decades and looks ahead to a brighter, clearer future for all.
Finally, we want to extend our appreciation and gratitude to the supporters who have been by our side along the way. You’ve made us who we are today. Thank you for being part of our story.
Here are some highlights below…
CHARITY ANNUAL REPORT 2024 – 2025
Highlights:
Welcome from our Chief Executive
What a year of discovery and growth we’ve had!
When I joined Sight Research UK in 2024, I really wanted to get under the skin of the charity: to understand the value of our work, our place in the sector, our stakeholders’ needs and how this all comes together to ensure that we deliver grant programmes supporting research with the best opportunities for future impact…
Our Impact
Over the past decade, we have spent £3.25 million financing research grants that have sought to uncover novel technologies and treatments that could one day prevent sight loss.
Our History
Over the past 40 years, Sight Research UK has grown from one man’s earnest endeavour to save sight into one of the country’s leading charities focusing on eye research…
INCOME
EXPENDITURE
Our Research Network
World-leading universities and hospitals form our national web of research excellence, totalling 28 active grants in 2024 – 2025.
Our scientific network spans from Edinburgh to Plymouth, with Translational and Seed projects pushing forward sight-saving treatments in glaucoma, myopia, age-related macular degeneration, and many other eye conditions.
Your say in saving sight.
Donate to the cause that means the most to you. Which project will you choose?
Can Al predict which diabetes patients will develop sight problems?
Professor Tim Jackson
Is there a connection between eye movement and myopic progression in children?
Dr Daniela Oehring
40 years of transforming lives
As Sight Research UK celebrates its 40th anniversary, it’s the voices of those who were there at the beginning that help capture the charity’s impact. Graham and Annie have been connected to our charity for decades. This is their story…
Leave a lasting legacy
A clearer future with a gift in your Will.
Legacy gifts already make an extraordinary difference to us. In fact, 4 out of 5 of our research projects simply would not be possible without the generosity of those who choose to remember Sight Research UK in their Will.
Will you help with a gift in your Will?
Charity Lottery
What are your lucky numbers?
We’ve launched our very own charity lottery in partnership with All Weathers Lottery. It’s a fun and sustainable way to back Sight Research UK while having the chance to win cash and other prizes, including a £25,000 jackpot!
The lottery is fully licensed and operates through our trusted partner, ensuring a safe, enjoyable experience for all. Good luck!
Acknowledgments
We are exceedingly grateful to everyone who helped us to deliver our mission this year, including members of staff, our Research Advisory Board, Seed Panel, Trustees, and external expert reviewers. Your insight has proved invaluable.
We are especially indebted to you, our supporters. Our organisation exists to beat sight loss and bring clearer futures to people affected by it. Your donations, legacies and in-memory gifts have enabled us to make this happen – not only this year, but for the last 40 years. Thank you for making today’s vision tomorrow’s reality.
